A domino is a small rectangular block featuring one side covered with dots arranged like numbers on a die, with its opposite face blank or identically patterned. This term also refers to games where these blocks are arranged into lines or patterns using similar arrangements of dots; most basic domino sets contain 28 tiles, but can be expanded by adding ends bearing more dots or pip stickers that allow more combinations of players and pieces.
The game of domino is widely played both inside and outside school classrooms to teach counting and number recognition, encourage cooperative play among children, and foster social skills development. Furthermore, restaurants, bars, and private homes often host domino tournaments or play for recreational or social reasons as a recreational pastime – with numerous different variations available on this theme.
Dominoes have often been used to symbolize the domino effect, wherein one event leads to another in a domino-like pattern akin to falling leaves triggering a chain reaction. Dominos can also serve as an allegory for business strategies or tactics which build on previous successes to have significant results and create lasting change.
Example: A company may introduce an innovative product with limited market appeal; as soon as its success becomes evident, other businesses will follow suit and the market share for that product will expand rapidly. A domino effect can occur both within private businesses as well as publicly owned ones; its effects can either be positive or negative depending on its outcome.
Companies often experience ripple effects when making significant strategic moves that affect competitors and the market as a whole. Domino’s Pizza recently unveiled a custom-built delivery vehicle designed to improve efficiency, reduce costs, speed up deliveries, reduce fuel consumption and speed delivery time – an investment which paid dividends, with record fourth quarter results and increased revenue growth reported by Domino’s Pizza.
In the past, dominoes were traditionally constructed out of bone or silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell (mother of pearl), ivory, or dark hardwood such as ebony with white and black pips inlaid or painted onto each piece. Since then, more modern dominoes have also been manufactured out of polymers like acrylic and vinyl; although natural materials remain the most commonly used materials.
Writing like dominoes can be described by using domino imagery. Scenes build off each other until they reach a climax, yet if not carefully placed into order can become tedious or confusing for readers. Also if you write without preplanning (pantsing) scenes can often end up disjointed or lack enough logical impact compared to its predecessor – an exciting spectacle would be to watch all those dominoes falling without hitches in logic!