Ball (disambiguation)
A ball is a spherical or ovoid object typically used in games. Other uses may include:
Games
- A ball game, specifically a game of basketball, baseball or American football; in British English ball game refers to any sport played with a ball
- Ball (rhythmic gymnastics), a ball used in gymnastics
- Ball (baseball statistics), a pitch at which the batter does not swing and which does not pass through the strike zone
- No ball, in cricket, an illegal delivery of the ball to the batsman by the bowler
- Baseball (ball), a ball used primarily in the sport of the same name
- Bungee ball, a toy
- Ball (Game & Watch), the first game created for the Nintendo Game & Watch
- Balls (juggling), a popular prop used by jugglers
- Ball badminton, a sport native to India
- Ball hockey, a team sport and a variation of the sports of ice hockey and street hockey
Mathematics and science
- Ball (mathematics), the solid interior of a sphere
- ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon
- "Buckyball", a Buckminsterfullerene molecule
- Newton's balls, also known as Newton's cradle, a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy, named after Sir Isaac Newton
- BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library), a versatile set of C++ classes for molecular modelling, together with BALLView, a graphical interface
Objects
- Ball (bearing), special highly spherical and smooth balls, most commonly used in ball bearings
- Round shot, a round projectile fired from guns and cannons
- Solid non-expanding military-style bullets
- Thermoball, a collection of insects (especially bees) used in collective defense against larger insects such as predatory wasps
- Ben Wa balls, used for massage and meditation purposes, as well as a sex toy
- RB-79 Ball a fictional weapon from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
- Bauble or ball, a common type of Christmas ornament
- Stress ball, a malleable toy
- Baoding balls, Chinese dexterity exercise tools
- Air flow ball, A Western arobic exercise/children's sports ball
- The ball at the end of a ballpoint pen
Places
United States
United Kingdom
Moon
Organizations
Music
Other uses
See also