roulette
- noun
- /ruˈlɛt/
- Specialized
:
ruleta
- In geometry class, we learned how to draw a roulette using a fixed point on a moving curve.
Examples
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The alphabet seemed to be a roulette wheel into which our lives dropped.
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The spin was as arbitrary as roulette.
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And the bizarre conclusions that have accumulated from centuries of fallacy roulette.
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The mathematician studied the pattern of points traced by a roulette as it rolled along the surface.
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The artist created a stunning design based on the intricate shapes of a roulette found in nature.
Synonyms
A curve made by a point on a shape that rolls without sliding around another shape
Compounds
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9.1
A dangerous game of chance with a gun that people also use to describe very risky actions
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A round spinning wheel with numbered slots used for bets in the game of roulette
- Specialized
A curve made by a point on a shape that rolls without sliding around another shape
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roulette comes from French and originally meant 'little wheel'; it comes from the verb rouler 'to roll', like the English word roll. So a roulette curve is the path made by a point on a shape as that shape rolls along another surface.