- Billiard
Billiard or billiards may refer to:
* A Cuegloss|Billiard|billiard, a type of shot in cue sports "(see below)"
* Billiards:Cue sports in general, including pool, carom billiards, snooker, etc. The term "billiards" by itself is also sometimes used to refer to any of the following more specifically::*Carom billiards (also known as French billiards) games in general (a chiefly non-British usage, in the North America, the British Commonwealth, etc.):* The specific game ofEnglish billiards (a chiefly British usage):*Pocket billiards (pool) games (such as eight-ball and nine-ball) in general (a chiefly colloquial American usage)* "Billiard", the (chiefly French) long-scale name for the number 1015 in mathematics (called "quadrillion" in short scale)
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Dynamical billiards , the "mathematical theory of" particle trajectories within a closed reflective boundary, in theoretical physics " (contrast this mass noun with the count noun "dynamical billiard", below)":* A dynamical billiard, any of several "systems" of particle trajectories within a closed reflective boundary*
Nicolas billiards , an obscure French board game invented in 1895, and of no relation to the games above "(see its French article for an illustration)"
* Indian (or Nepalese) finger billiards, the board game better known ascarrom .
* Electric billiards, an obscure term forpinball (from the French "billard électrique", who today call pinball "flipper", a borrowing from English)
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