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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

collisore

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kolliˈzore

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Collider/ˈkɒl.aɪ.dər/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il grande collisore di adroni è il più potente acceleratore di particelle al mondo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of particle accelerator that brings two opposing beams of particles into collision at very high energy levels.

    "Scientists at CERN used the large hadron collider to discover the Higgs boson."
  2. 2

    In physics and computer graphics, an invisible boundary or component used to detect intersections or collisions between virtual objects.

    "The game developer adjusted the mesh collider so the player couldn't walk through walls."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'collide', which originates from the Latin 'collidere', formed from 'com-' (together) and 'laedere' (to strike or hurt). The suffix '-er' was added in modern scientific terminology to denote a device or machine that performs the action of colliding particles.

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