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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

  1. (not-comparable, of an interaction, qualifier:or of the transfer of energy) That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves.
  2. (not-comparable) Without the possibility of data packets colliding on the network.
    • A token ring network is collisionless, but an Ethernet network is not.
  3. (not-comparable) Without the possibility of items having the same value, which would prevent reliable lookup.
    • a collisionless hash

Deriveds

collisionlessness · collisionlessly