Collisionless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Collisionless is an adjective meaning (physics, of an interaction, or of the transfer of energy) That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves.
Meaning
(physics, of an interaction, or of the transfer of energy) That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves.
More Meanings
- (computing theory) Without the possibility of data packets colliding on the network.
- (computing theory) Without the possibility of items having the same value, which would prevent reliable lookup.
Example Sentences
a collisionless hash
A token ring network is collisionless, but an Ethernet network is not.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reconnection, radiationless, nonclassical, ultraperipheral, amagnetic, wounded.
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