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collision
English
Etymology
From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
collision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions)
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- (physics) Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
- (software compilation) Clipping of naming collision.
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- allision
Derived terms
Related terms
- collide
Translations
Further reading
- collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- collision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin coll?si?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.li.zj??/
Noun
collision f (plural collisions)
- collision (an instance of colliding)
Derived terms
- collision frontale
Further reading
- “collision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
collision From the web:
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contradiction
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French contradiction, from Latin contr?dicti?, from contr?d?c? (“speak against”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nt???d?k??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??nt???d?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
contradiction (countable and uncountable, plural contradictions)
- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- His contradiction of the proposal was very interesting.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- There is a contradiction in Clarence Page's statement that a woman should have the right to choose and decide for herself whether to have an abortion and at the same time she should not have that right.
- There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- Marx believed that the contradictions of capitalism would lead to socialism.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
Synonyms
- (statement that contradicts itself): oxymoron
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): ?, ??, ?, ?, ?
Antonyms
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): tautology
Coordinate terms
- (proposition that is false for all values of its variables): contingency, tautology
Related terms
- contradict
- contradictory
- self-contradiction
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contradictio, contradictionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t?a.dik.sj??/
Noun
contradiction f (plural contradictions)
- contradiction (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- esprit de contradiction
Related terms
- contradictoire
- contredire
Further reading
- “contradiction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
contradiction From the web:
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- what contradiction does this fact reveal
- what contradiction occurred with the chocolate rations
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