inelastic collision
noun
: a collision in which part of the kinetic energy of the colliding particles changes into another form of energy (such as heat or radiation)
Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
- personalistic psychology
- personalists
- personalities
- personality
- personality cult
- personality disorder
- personality disorders
- personality inventory
- personality test
- personalization
- personalizations
- personalize
- personalized
- personalized medicine
- personalizes
- personalizing
- Quichua
- Quichuan
- quichuas
- quick
- quick and dirty
- quick as a flash
- quick as a wink
- quick assets
- quick bead