collider C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /kəˈlaɪdɚ/ See IPA manual Freq #37924 Meanings 1 noun A machine that speeds up particles and makes two beams of them crash into each other for research. Scientists used the collider to study how particles behave at high energy. Thesaurus Word family Forms colliders Derived forms supercollider Etymology AI details From collide + -er. Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # collider **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈlaɪdɚ/ **Frequency rank:** 37924 ## Meanings 1. A machine that speeds up particles and makes two beams of them crash into each other for research. ## Examples - Scientists used the collider to study how particles behave at high energy. ## Derived Forms - supercollider ## Etymology From collide + -er. ## AI Etymology Collider is from collide + -er. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include a machine that speeds up particles and makes two beams of them crash into each other for research. The wider family includes derived forms such as supercollider. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown