| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Inelastic collision | Aerospace | A collision between two particles in which changes occur both in the internal energy of one or both of the particles and in the sums, before and after collision, of their kinetic energies. (references) | |
| Inelastic collision | Physics | Collision in which at least one system gains internal excitation energy at the expense of the total kinetic energy. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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