collisionless

collisionless

English

Etymology

    From collision + -less.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

    collisionless (not comparable)

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

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