collision course

English

Noun

collision course (plural collision courses)

1. A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.

   The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard.

   • 2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Now that everyone’s on the same continent, more or less, and everyone’s on collision courses, an episode can more naturally flow back and forth.

Derived terms

• on a collision course

Translations

path leading to a collision

• Dutch: ramkoers (nl) m
• Finnish: törmäyskurssi (fi)
• German: Kollisionskurs (de) m
• Greek: τροχιά σύγκρουσης f (trochiá sýgkrousis)
• Indonesian: jalur tabrakan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kollisjonskurs m

  Nynorsk: kollisjonskurs m

• Portuguese: rota de colisão
• Romanian: curs colizional n
• Swedish: kollisionskurs c