collisionless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kəˈlɪʒ.ən.ləs/
Etymology
Etymology tree English collision Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English collisionless From collision + -less.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of an interaction, qualifier:or of the transfer of energy) That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves.
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(not-comparable) Without the possibility of data packets colliding on the network.
A token ring network is collisionless, but an Ethernet network is not.
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(not-comparable) Without the possibility of items having the same value, which would prevent reliable lookup.
a collisionless hash