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elastic collision

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elastic collision [i′las·tik kə′lizh·ən]
(mechanics)
A collision in which the sum of the kinetic energies of translation of the participating systems is the same after the collision as before.
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Furthermore, at these energies the particles will tend to move in straight lines as they lose energy until their energy becomes low enough for elastic collisions to cause them to deviate from straight line paths.
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