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ta·ble ten·nis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. table tennis, Ping-Pongnoun

    a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball

Wiktionary

  1. table tennisnoun

    A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by racquets (a.k.a. paddles, a.k.a bats in Britain)

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  1. Table tennis

    Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event categories. From 1988 until 2004, these were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. Since 2008, a team event has been played instead of the doubles.

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  1. table tennis

    Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. The objective is to make the ball land in the opponents' half of the table in such a way that they are unable to return it. Points are awarded when the opponent fails to return the ball within the regulations.

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  1. Table tennis

    Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. When doing so the hitter has a good chance of scoring if the spin is successful. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation, founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 218 member associations. The table tennis official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Since 1988, table tennis has been an Olympic sport, with several event categories. In particular, from 1988 until 2004, these were: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. Since 2008 a team event has been played instead of the doubles.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of table tennis in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of table tennis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of table tennis in a Sentence

  1. Jun Mizutani:

    I’m really happy that we’re making table tennis history. We’re carrying on the momentum to the finals, i look forward to the game because it’s against China. We haven’t had a chance to compete with them for a while.

  2. Kazuo Oda:

    He likes table tennis.

  3. Nick Telson:

    We're seeing a lot more requests for something a little different, like ping pong (table tennis) -- more team bonding activities.


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  • Virginia Wise
    Virginia Wise
    Table Tennis, also known as “Ping Pong”, is believed to have begun life in Victorian Britain where it became the game of fun for the Upper Classes. 1901 saw a breakthrough in the game when a link was made to celluloid balls and table tennis. The modern table tennis racket was also invented in 1901 and it was these advances in the game that kept it in the public eye and boosted its popularity in general. 1926 saw the foundation of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and 1988 saw the game's entry into the Olympics at Seoul in South Korea.
    The official dimensions of a full-size table tennis table are 9 foot long by 5 foot wide but smaller versions are available for the home market and leisure industry. As with most sports, there are international rules governing the size of the balls to be used in tournaments. The ITTF state that the balls must be 40 mm in diameter and just 2.7 grams in weight. The table tennis racket (also known as a bat or paddle amongst others), is a wooden, lollipop shaped bat that will be covered in textured rubber on one or both sides. The ITTF regulations do permit different surfaces to be present on each side of the racket and this allows players to utilize different levels of spin or speed. Competitive table tennis is currently popular throughout Europe and Asia and is becoming more so in America. China has dominated the sport over the last half century although as its popularity spreads, so do the skills of European players. 
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