Canadian English Meaning of roulette

roulette

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Definitions and Meaning of roulette in English

Wordnet

roulette (n)

a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure

a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations

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

Webster

roulette (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.

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.

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.

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

Webster

roulette (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.

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roulette

a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure, a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations, a gambling game in which players

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rouleaux => rolls, rouleaus => Rolls, rouleau => Roll, roulade => Roulade, rouk => rouk,