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'''Billiard''' or '''billiards''' (as a noun, adjective or verb) may refer to:
* A {{Cuegloss|Billiard|billiard}}, a type of shot in cue sports (such as pool, carom billiards and snooker)
* A [[Dynamical billiards|dynamical billiard]], any of several ''systems'' of particle trajectories within a closed reflective boundary, in theoretical physics ''(contrast this count noun with the mass noun "dynamical billiard'''''s'''''", below)''
* ''Billiard'', the (chiefly French) [[Names of large numbers|long-scale name]] for the number 10<sup>15</sup> 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]] (also known as French billiards) games in general (a chiefly non-British usage, in the US, the British Commonwealth, etc., but rarely in England itself)
:* The specific game of [[English billiards]] (a chiefly British usage)
:* [[Pocket billiards]] (pool) games (such as eight-ball, nine-ball and snooker) in general (a chiefly colloquial American usage)
:* Italian billiards or [[five-pins]]
:* Russian billiards or [[Russian pyramid]]
:* [[Artistic billiards]]
* [[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", above)''
* [[Nicolas billiards]], an obscure French board game invented in 1895, and of no relation to the games above'' (see its [[:fr:Billard Nicolas|French article]] for an illustration)''<!--Remove that comment if/when this is no longer a redlink.-->
* Indian (or Nepalese) finger billiards, the board game better known as [[carrom]].
* Electric billiards, and obscure term for [[pinball]] (from the French ''billard électrique'', who today call pinball ''flipper'', a borrowing from English)
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