billiard

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/

Noun

billiard (plural billiards)

1. A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
2. (attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards.

   a billiard table; a billiard ball

3. A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.

Translations

• French: carambole only in french billiard, a.k.a. carambole

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/

Numeral

billiard (plural billiards)

1. cln en (British, rare) 10¹⁵, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.

Synonyms

• (10¹⁵) a short scale quadrillion

Translations

• French: billiard
• German: Billiarde
• Spanish: billardo

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