collisionless

English

Etymology

From collision +‎ -less.

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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

Derived terms

• collisionlessly
• collisionlessness