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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

  1. adj Relating to the game of billiards.
  2. noun A shot in billiards or snooker where the cue ball strikes two other balls in succession; a carom.

quadrillion — full definition

  1. num A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
  2. num A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.

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