billiard — meaning in English
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English meaning
- billiard adj Relating to the game of billiards.
- quadrillion num A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
Senses
billiard is used for these senses in English:
- billiard (British, rare) 1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.
- quadrillion (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.
billiard — full definition
- adj Relating to the game of billiards.
- noun A shot in billiards or snooker where the cue ball strikes two other balls in succession; a carom.
quadrillion — full definition
- num A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
- num A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.