collapse

verb
[L9673]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • simple present : collapse
  • simple present, singular, third person : collapses
  • simple past : collapsed
  • present participle : collapsing
  • past participle : collapsed

Senses

  • suddenly become much smaller
  • fall down, lower
  • stock reportage

collapse

noun
[L9674]

Forms

  • singular : collapse
  • plural : collapses

Senses

  • in topology, an operation that reduces a simplicial complex (or a CW complex) to a homotopy-equivalent subcomplex
  • structural failure