Billiard

Word BILLIARD
Character 8
Hyphenation bil liard
Pronunciations /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/

Definitions and meanings of "Billiard"

What do we mean by billiard?

Of, relating to, or used in billiards. adjective

See billiards. noun

Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. adjective

Pertaining to the game of billiards. adjective

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

1015, a million milliards. noun

Of or relating to billiards adjective

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

Pertaining to the game of billiards.

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

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The word "billiard" in example sentences

Rufford; but as she did so she walked on through the broad passage which led from the front door into a wide central space which they called the billiard-room but which really was the hall of the house. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The balls are called billiard balls or pool balls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She turned short round, and entered a large apartment at the head of the stairs, called the billiard-room, where she resolved to wait and watch ere she ventured any further. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Torpid minds and flagging spirits require more active recreation, they require a spur, a fillip, an increase of vitality, and to meet these ends there cannot be any more desirable solution than the ones offered by the governors of Bedlamnamely, a billiard room for the men, and a ballroom for patients of either sex. ❋ Catharine Arnold (2008)

Many gentlemen came to stop with papa, and papa had gotten a new game from London, a French game, called a billiard — that the French king played it very well: and the Dowager Lady Castlewood had sent ❋ Unknown (1852)

That would work for many calculations involving perfect spheres - there's a reason that teachers often refer to billiard balls when talking about Newton's laws - but the moon isn't a perfect sphere, and its mass isn't evenly distributed around its geometric center. ❋ Brian Palmer (2011)

My family was surprised when I was able to translate the word "billiard" from a sign on the street. ❋ Matthew Wahlgren (2005)

Along the back wall, behind the table, are two raised benches with two steps up to them, such as billiard rooms often have, divided by a door in the middle of a wall, which is panelled in oak. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

The new paper, to appear in an upcoming Physical Review Letters, suggests a solution to this paradox: a kind of billiard-ball effect in which one sand particle knocks the next one into motion. ❋ Science News (2010)

Unfortunately, this simple "billiard" model is not sufficient for explaining spiral microlasers, Hentschel says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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