supercollision

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noun

A very powerful or large-scale collision.

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Meanings

nounsupercollision (plural supercollisions)

plural supercollisions

  1. A very powerful or large-scale collision.

    Is it possible that the majority of asteroids were born is ^([sic]) this very supercollision that created the moon?

    1994, Alexei V. Byalko, Nuclear Waste Disposal: Geophysical Safety, volume 1, page 165
  2. natural sciencesThe kind of high-energy collision that occurs in a supercollider.
  3. natural sciencesThe simultaneous collision of three or more particles.

Origin

From super- + collision.

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APA

supercollision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercollision

MLA

“supercollision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercollision. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supercollision,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercollision.

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