Definizione monolingua

roulette

roulette (countable and uncountable; plural roulettes)

1. (uncountable) 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. (countable) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
3. (countable) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
4. (countable) (geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
5. (stamp-collecting) any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.

Definizione dizionario roulette

	roulette
	game of chance

	rulletta
	curve

Altri significati:

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

(countable) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.

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

(countable) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.

(uncountable) 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.