Pass roll

The rotation of a spacecraft about its longitudinal axis (in the along-track direction) so as to cause a side-up or side-down attitude. The roll axis is referred to as the "y" ...

roll

Printing & publishing; Paper

Web of paper. Paper wound around a core or shaft to form a continuous roll or web of paper.

roll

Video games; Rhythm games

A pattern that repeats itself multiple times.

roll

Earth science; Remote sensing

Rotation of an aircraft that causes a wing-up or wing-down attitude.

Chess Olympiad

Sports; Croquet

The Chess Olympiad is a chess tournament in which teams from all over the world play and compete against each other. The event is organized by FIDE (World Chess Federation). Chess ...

deadness board

Sports; Croquet

This is a board, a piece of equipment, which keeps track of deadness for an entire game.

rover ball

Sports; Croquet

This is a ball that has passed through all the hoops but it has not yet pegged out.

rover wicket

Sports; Croquet

This is the last wicket before the peg.

running a hoop

Sports; Croquet

When a ball has gone through a hoop in the correct direction.

delayed triple peel

Sports; Croquet

Temporarily ending a try at a triple peel, but the try will be continued later in the turn.

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Asteroid mining

The future industry of sending spacecraft to asteroids in order to harvest their natural resources and bring them back to civilization for use. On ...