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. Source: opted

2. n. A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots. Source: opted

3. n. A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure Source: wordnet

6. n. a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations Source: wordnet

7. n. a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curvewhen the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. SeeCycloid, and Epycycloid. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure n. a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations n. a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in Source: ecdict

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