collider

C2
US /kəˈlaɪdɚ/
noun Freq #37924

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.

    The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.

  2. 2
    noun

    an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on

  3. 3
    noun

    Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.

  4. 4
    noun

    A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.

Etymology

From collide + -er.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms supercollider

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