Century Break - Billiard Term Definition

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Definition of Century Break

Century Break is a billiards slang term that is a part of Snooker Terminology.

A century break is a term applied to a break in snooker where 100 points or greater are scored from that break. In order to perform this, the shooting player must pot at least 25 balls consecutively.

See: break, break shot, highest snooker break, break serve, breaking violation, opening break shot, maximum break, maximum, open break, half century for more on the meaning of "Century Break".

Century Break - Usage

Wow, was that just a century break? I didn't know Tim was that good at snooker.

Billiards - Century Break

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• Title: Century Break
• Author: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)
• Published: 12/30/2007 8:29:45 PM

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