| NOUN | shape | roulette, line roulette | a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure |
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| artifact | roulette, toothed wheel | a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations | |
| act | roulette | a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in |
| Sounds | ruwleh't | |
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| Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... | |
| Meaning | A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure. | |
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| Synonym | line roulette | |
| Narrower | cycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line |
| epicycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle | |
| hypocycloid | A line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle | |
| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | ruleta | |
| Catalan | ruleta | |
| Meaning | A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations. | |
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| Synonym | toothed wheel | |
| Broader | wheel | A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
| Spanish | rueda dentada, ruleta, ruleta perforadora | |
| Catalan | ruleta | |
| Meaning | 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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| Broader | game of chance, gambling game | A game / game that involves gambling |
| Spanish | ruleta | |
| Catalan | ruleta | |
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