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2. Billiard table - Wikipedia

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   The profile of the rail cushion, which is the cushion's angle in relation to the bed of the table, varies between table types. The standard on American pool tables is the K-66 profile, which as defined by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) has a base of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 inches (30 mm) and a nose height of 1 inch (25 mm). [3]

3. Carom billiards - Wikipedia

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   One-cushion carom, or simply cushion carom, also arose in the late 1860s as another alternative to the repetitive play of straight rail, inspired by an early variant of English billiards. The object of the game is to score cushion caroms, meaning a carom off of both object balls with at least one rail cushion being struck before the hit on the ...

4. Cue sports - Wikipedia

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   One type of obstacle remained a feature of many tables, originally as a hazard and later as a target, in the form of pockets, or holes partly cut into the table bed and partly into the cushions, leading to the rise of pocket billiards, including "pool" games such as eight-ball, nine-ball, straight pool, and one-pocket; Russian pyramid; snooker ...

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6. Portal:Cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to carom the cue ball off both object balls while contacting the rail cushions at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom.

7. One-cushion billiards - Wikipedia

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   One-cushion billiards is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 10-by-5-foot (3.0 m × 1.5 m), pocketless billiard table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball. [1] In a one-cushion shot, the cue ball caroms off both object balls with at least one rail being struck before the hit on the second object ball ...