Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collision detection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
col-li-sion de-tec-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process or mechanism of determining whether two shapes are partially occupying the same space.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

collision detections (plural)

Phrases

hit test

Frequently Paired Words

hitbox hitscan hit test

Questions

What does collision detection mean?
The process or mechanism of determining whether two shapes are partially occupying the same space.

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