Meanings
nouncollider (plural colliders)
plural colliders
- natural sciencesAny of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
- graph theoryA node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.
- video gamesA model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.
The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.
2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339
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Translations
Basque talkagailu
- talkagailuparticle accelerator
Catalan col·lisonador
- col·lisonadorparticle accelerator
Chinese Mandarin 對撞機 /对撞机
- 對撞機 /对撞机 (duìzhuàngjī)particle accelerator
Finnish törmäytin
- törmäytinparticle accelerator
French collisionneur
- collisionneurparticle accelerator
Italian collisore, collisionatore
- collisoreparticle accelerator
- collisionatoreparticle accelerator
Japanese コライダー
- コライダー (koraidā)particle accelerator
Polish zderzacz
- zderzaczparticle accelerator
Portuguese colisionador, colisor
- colisionadorparticle accelerator
- colisorparticle accelerator
Russian колла́йдер
- колла́йдер (kollájdɛr)particle accelerator
Spanish colisionador
- colisionadorparticle accelerator
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Cite this entry
APA
collider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collider
MLA
“collider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collider. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collider,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collider.
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