1 : the act of conducting or conveying. 2a : transmission through or by means of a conductor; also : the transfer of heat through matter by communication of kinetic energy from particle to particle with no net displacement of the particles â compare convection, radiationb : conductivity.
The name ping-pong was in wide use before English manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name Ping-Pong then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis.
In table tennis only the serve has to hit the table on each side of the net, whereas in ping pong every shot has to hit the table on both sides of the net. james, london uk. Ping-Pong was the trade name for the table tennis sets originally sold to promote the game. Ray Mitcham, Southport UK.