combination shot

Variant of combination

combination definition

com·bi·na·tion (käm′bə nā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a combining or being combined
  2. a thing formed by combining
  3. an association of persons, firms, political parties, etc. for a common purpose
    1. the series of numbers or letters used in opening a combination lock
    2. the mechanism operating such a lock
  5. a one-piece undergarment combining an undershirt and drawers
  6. Chem. a uniting of substances to form a compound
  7. Math. any of the various groupings, or subsets, into which a number, or set, of units may be arranged without regard to order: dual combinations of A, B, C, and D are AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD
  8. Pool a shot in which an object ball is pocketed as a result of being struck by another object ball
    in full combination shot

Etymology: ME combinacioun < LL combinatio, a joining two by two

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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