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Definition of Roulette

1. Noun. A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure.

2. Noun. A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations.

3. Noun. A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.

Definition of Roulette

1. n. 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. n. A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation.

3. 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.

Definition of Roulette

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots. ¹

3. Noun. A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. ¹

4. Noun. (geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve. ¹

5. Noun. (stamp-collecting) any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roulette

1. to make tiny slits in [v -LETTED, -LETTING, -LETTES]

Medical Definition of Roulette

1. 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. A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots. A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. 3. 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. Origin: F, properly, a little wheel or ball. See Rouleau, Roll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roulette

roughworking roughy rouging rouille rouilles roukoop roul roulade roulades roule

rouleau rouleaus rouleaux rouleaux formation roules roulette (current term) roulette ball roulette wheel rouletted roulettelike

roulettes rouletting rouleur rouleurs rouls rouly-pouly roum rouming roumings roums

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