BILLIARD

'Billiard' (as a noun, adjective or verb) may refer to:

★ (such as pool, carom billiards and snooker)

A dynamical system of particle trajectories within a closed reflective boundary, in theoretical physics

★ The long-scale name for the number 1015 in mathematics (called "quadrillion" in short scale)
'Billiards' (as a noun or adjective) may refer to:

Cue sports in general, including pool, carom billiards, snooker, etc.

Carom billiards games in general (a chiefly non-British usage, in the US, the British Commonwealth, etc.)

★ The specific game of English billiards (a chiefly British usage)

Pocket billiards (pool) games (such as eight-ball and nine-ball) in general (a chiefly colloquial American usage)

Dynamical billiards, the mathematical theory of particle trajectories within a closed reflective boundary, in theoretical physics

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