collision suomeksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-suomi)

An instance of colliding.
(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.
(computing, chiefly video games) Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.

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.

Monikko