collision detection

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collision detection

noun collision detections

  1. countable, uncountable The process or mechanism of determining whether two shapes are partially occupying the same space.
  2. countable, uncountable A mechanism in Ethernet to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen.

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@misc{collision_detection_2026,
  title = {collision detection},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/collision%20detection},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}