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Roulette - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Roulette : (noun)
1: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a
second figure [syn: line roulette]
2: a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn: toothed
wheel]
3: a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of
a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Roulette : \Rou*lette"\, n. [F., properly, a little wheel or ball.
See Rouleau, Roll.]
1. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move
round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red
and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the
result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a
plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
(b) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a
plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
3. (Geom.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a
given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over
another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Roulette : \Rou*lette"\, n.
A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper,
as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Roulette : \Rou*lette"\, v. t.
To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by
incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of
postage stamps.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Roulette, PA
Zip code(s): 16746
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Roulette |
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