Usually means: Momentum conserved, kinetic energy not.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. inelastic collision: Merriam-Webster
  2. inelastic collision: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. inelastic collision: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. inelastic collision: Dictionary.com
  5. Inelastic collision: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. inelastic collision: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. inelastic collision, Inelastic collision: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Inelastic Collision: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Inelastic Collision: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wikipedia (Inelastic collision)

noun:  An inelastic collision, in contrast to an elastic collision, is a collision in which kinetic energy is not conserved due to the action of internal friction.

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