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Ball

A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid). Balls can have several uses. For example they are used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for simpler activities, such as catch or juggling. Balls made from hard-wearing materials are…

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Ball

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples77
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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Ball

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related to Etymology · 23
Ball → Britain, Chronicle, English, French, Germanic, If, In, In Ancient Greek, Latin, Layamon's Brut, Middle Dutch, Middle English, Middle High German, No Old English, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, Proto-Germanic, Some
related to history · 15
Ball → Alcinous, And Halios, China, Egyptian, Eurasia, In Homer, Karasahr, Laodamas, Nausicaa, Od, Odysseus, Phaeacians, Some, The, They
related to Ancient Greeks · 10
Ball → Among, BC, Greek, Greeks, It, Julius Pollux, Of, Plato, Pollux, The
related to Physics · 10
Ball → Almost, Cross, Depressurized, Due, Finally, If, In, On, Softer, Some
related to Ancient Romans · 6
Ball → Among, Greek, Romans, There, These, This
see also · 4
Ball → Buckminster Fullerene, Bucky, Dryer, Hockey
related to External links · 3
Ball → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Modern ball games · 2
Ball → Historic, The
is a · 1
Ball → round object

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balls used games sports made spherical football pressurized game known form also played usually use word materials although ancient rubber

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Ballis around object0.90text
animal bladders or skinsinstance ofBalls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials0.80text
stuffed with various materials.As balls are one of the most familiar spherical objects to humansinstance ofBalls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials0.80text
the wordinstance ofBalls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials0.80text
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksAmong0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksGreeks0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksOf0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksThe0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksGreek0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksJulius Pollux0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksPollux0.60section
Ballrelated to Ancient GreeksIt0.60section

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