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billiard

/ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/ /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/

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noun

A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.

Examples :

"He practiced his billiard relentlessly, aiming to hit both the red and yellow balls with the cue ball in a single shot. "

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noun

Pertaining to the game of billiards.

Examples :

"a billiard table; a billiard ball"

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noun

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

Examples :

"The study of a billiard inside a rectangular room helps us understand how light reflects off mirrors. "

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numeral

1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.

Examples :

"While rarely used in everyday situations due to the availability of other terms, we can create a sentence like this: "The national debt is estimated to reach several billiard dollars within the next century, if spending isn't reduced." "

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