ROULETTE
\ɹuːlˈɛt], \ɹuːlˈɛt], \ɹ_uː_l_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of ROULETTE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps.
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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.
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A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
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A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps.
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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.
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A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
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A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A French game of chance played with a revolving wheel and ball; an instrument used by draftsmen for making dotted lines.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A little ball or roller: a game of chance played with a small ball on a circle divided into red and black spaces.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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