| collateral |
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" a security pledged for the repayment of a loan situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"
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| Collinsonia |
small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States
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| collision |
(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
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| collective bargaining |
negotiation between an employer and trade union
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| collimator |
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam
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