roulette

English Thesaurus

1. a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in (noun.act)

hypernym	:	gambling game, game of chance,
definition	:	a game that involves gambling (noun.act)

2. a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	wheel,
definition	:	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) (noun.artifact)

3. a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	curve, curved shape,
definition	:	the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	cycloid,
definition	:	a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	epicycloid,
definition	:	a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	hypocycloid,
definition	:	a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle (noun.shape)