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1. (n.) roulette
a game of chance in which a small ball is spun on a dishlike device (roulette wheel) , with players betting on which of the black or red numbered compartments the ball will come to rest in.
2. roulette
a small wheel with sharp teeth, used for making lines of marks or perforations.
3. roulette
a row of short cuts, in which no paper is removed, made between individual stamps to permit their ready separation.
4. (v.t.) roulette
to mark, impress, or perforate with a roulette.
Etymology: (1725–35; < F, dim. of rouelle wheel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) roulette, line roulette
a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
2. (noun) roulette, toothed wheel
a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
3. (noun) roulette
a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) roulette
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. (noun) roulette
a small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots
3. (noun) roulette
a similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint
4. (noun) roulette
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. roulette
a game of chance, very popular in France last century, now at Monaco; played with a revolving disc and a ball.
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Sense: a game of chance, played with a ball on a revolving wheel.
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 Afrikaans: roelet |
 Arabic: روليت: لُعْبَة قِمار بِوا |
 Bulgarian: рулетка |
 Brazilian: roleta |
 Czech: ruleta |
 German: das Roulett |
 Danish: roulette |
 Greek: ρουλέτα |
 Spanish: ruleta |
 Estonian: rulett |
 Farsi: بازی رولت یا قمار |
 Finnish: ruletti |
 French: roulette |
 Hebrew: רוֹלטָה |
 Hindi: एक प्रकार का खेल |
 Croatian: rulet |
 Hungarian: rulett |
 Indonesian: rolet |
 Icelandic: rúlletta |
 Italian: roulette |
 Japanese: ルーレット |
 Korean: 룰렛(도박의 일종) |
 Lithuanian: ruletė |
 Latvian: rulete |
 Malay: rolet |
 Dutch: roulette |
 Norwegian: rulett |
 Polish: ruletka |
 Persian: بازی رولت یا قمار |
 Pashto: قمار |
 Portuguese: roleta |
 Romanian: ruletă |
 Russian: рулетка |
 Slovak: ruleta |
 Slovenian: ruleta |
 Serbian: rulet |
 Swedish: roulett |
 Thai: การพนันหมุนวงล้อโดยมีลูกใ |
 Turkish: rulet |
 Taiwanese: 俄羅斯輪盤 |
 Ukrainian: рулетка |
 Urdu: ایک طرح کا جوءے کا کھیل |
 Vietnamese: trò chơi đánh bài ru-lét |
 Chinese: 轮盘赌 |
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