What is "roulette"

Roulette \Rou*lette"\, 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.

Roulette \Rou*lette"\, n. [F., properly, a little wheel or ball. See Rouleau, Roll.]

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)

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

   2. 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.

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

1734, "small wheel," from French roulette "gambling game played with a revolving wheel," literally "small wheel," from Old French roelete "little wheel" (12c.), formed on model of Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary). The game of chance so-called from 1745.

n. 1 (context uncountable English) 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 (context countable English) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots. 3 (context countable English) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. 4 (context countable geometry English) 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. vb. To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.

1. n. a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure [syn: line roulette]

2. a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations [syn: toothed wheel]

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

Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even.

To determine the winning number and color, a croupier spins a wheel in one direction, then spins a ball in the opposite direction around a tilted circular track running around the circumference of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum and falls onto the wheel and into one of 37 (in French/European roulette) or 38 (in American roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel

In the differential geometry of curves, a roulette is a kind of curve, generalizing cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, trochoids, and involutes.

Roulette (real name: Jennifer Stavros) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe.

Roulette, in comics, may refer to:

• Roulette (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character who is a member of the Hellions
• Roulette (DC Comics), a female DC Comics character who runs a metahuman fighting place called The House

Roulette is a supervillainess in the DC Comics universe.

Roulette (international title) or "Рулетка" ( Russian title) – Russian Roulette ( UK and Japanese title) is an emo/ hard rock band from Kazan, Russia.

The band has released four top selling albums in their nine-year career, including The Red Album featuring the #1 single “Hear My Voice”. Their single, the power balled “Natasha”, reached #2 on the Top 5 in Russia.

Roulette is a popular game of chance in casinos.

Roulette may also refer to:

• Roulette (comics), Marvel Comics character and DC character
• Roulette (curve), a kind of curve used in differential geometry
• Roulette (Transformers), a fictional female Autobot from the Transformers series
• Roulette or Marseille Roulette, a French term for an association football trick otherwise called the Marseille turn
• Roulette Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, in the United States
• A small roulé
• Roulette (film), a 2012 American independent film
• Roulette, Pennsylvania

Roulette is the fourth studio album by English boy band Blue, released on 25 January 2013. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, " Hurt Lovers", on 4 January 2013, and also includes the band's Eurovision entry single, " I Can". The album was released in Germany and certain other European territories on 25 January. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2013. The album was re-released on 4 November 2013 in the form of a deluxe tour edition, containing a bonus disc featuring a number of remixes of tracks from the album.

"Roulette" is a piano instrumental by Russ Conway.

It was the second and final of his two No. 1 hits in the UK Singles Chart; the first being " Side Saddle".

Roulette is a 2013 American independent thriller– drama film written and directed by Erik Kristopher Myers. The story centers on three characters (Mike Baldwin, Ali Lukowski, and Will Haza) troubled by their pasts and gambling with their lives through a game of Russian roulette, only to find that their lives are connected through overlapping events that have consequently brought them together.

Roulette was filmed in and around Baltimore, Maryland, and has received notable attention from the local filmmaking industry, local and regional media outlets, and film critics. In particular, the film's gruesome ending depicting the murder of a newborn child, caused controversy among viewers.