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| Subject | is a kind of | has definition |
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| Coulomb collision | collision | The collision between two charged particles. |
| orbiting collision | Coulomb collision | A collision in which an ion and an atom approach each other very closely and spend a long time (several orbits of the atomic electrons) in close proximity. |