Roll
Encyclopedia
To roll means to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over.
Roll or rolls may also refer to:
Roll or rolls may also refer to:
People
- Alfred Philippe RollAlfred Philippe RollAlfred Philippe Roll was a French painter.- Career :Roll studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he was taught by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Charles-François Daubigny and Léon Bonnat. He painted his first landscape in 1869, and in 1870 exhibited "Environs of Baccarat" and "Evening"...
(1846-1919), French painter - Bob RollBob RollBob Roll is a former American professional cyclist, author, and television sports commentator. He was a member of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team until 1990 and competed for the Motorola Cycling Team in 1991. In 1992 Roll moved to Greg LeMond’s Z team and added mountain biking to his racing...
(born 1960), American professional cyclist and commentator - Eric RollEric RollEric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden CB KCMG was an academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977....
(1907–2005), academic economist, public servant and banker - Ferdinand Nicolai RollFerdinand Nicolai RollFerdinand Nicolai Roll was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Trondhjem as the son of judge and politician Jacob Roll and his third wife Nicoline Selmer. He had three siblings. Like his father, he took a law education, enrolling as a student in 1847 and...
(1831–1921), Norwegian jurist and politician - Gary Lee RollGary Lee RollGary Lee Roll was executed by lethal injection in the state of Missouri. He was convicted of the murders of 3 members of the Sheper family in Cape Girardeau, Missouri during a robbery in 1992. Roll shot the mother and one son with his pistol and stabbed the other with a hunting knife...
(1951–2000), executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Missouri - John Roll (1947–2011), United States federal judge
- Michael Roll (actor) (born 1961), German television actor
- Michael Roll (pianist)Michael Roll (pianist)Michael Roll is an English classical pianist, winner of the first Leeds International Piano Competition in 1963.Roll, born in the UK to Viennese Jewish parents, was a child prodigy who performed on the concert platform with the City of Birmingham Orchestra at the age of ten and at the Royal...
(born 1946), British pianist - Richard RollRichard RollRichard Roll is an American economist, best known for his work on portfolio theory and asset pricing, both theoretical and empirical....
(born 1939), American economist - Sigurd RollSigurd RollSigurd Emil Roll was a Norwegian diplomat and former sprinter who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.-Early life and family:...
(1893-1944), Norwegian diplomat and athlete - Thomas RøllThomas RøllThomas Christopher Røll Larsen is a retired Danish professional footballer. He played 293 games in the Danish Superliga with Silkeborg IF, F.C. Copenhagen, FC Midtjylland, and Vejle Boldklub, winning the international 1996 Intertoto Cup and a Danish Cup trophy with Silkeborg IF as well as three...
(born 1977), retired Danish professional footballer - William G. RollWilliam G. RollWilliam G. Roll is a noted psychologist and parapsychologist on the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, in the United States. He has held various positions there, including Professor of Psychology and Psychical Research, assistant...
(born 1926), American psychologist and parapsychologist - Michel RolleMichel RolleMichel Rolle was a French mathematician. He is best known for Rolle's theorem , and he deserves to be known as the co-inventor in Europe of Gaussian elimination .-Life:...
(1652-1719), French mathematician - Charles RollsCharles RollsCharles Stewart Rolls was a motoring and aviation pioneer. Together with Frederick Henry Royce he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm. He was the first Briton to be killed in a flying accident, when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display near Bournemouth,...
(1877–1910), co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited and a pioneer aviator
In business
- Rolls-Royce (disambiguation), a British brand associated with several entities in the fields of aerospace, power systems, defense and automobiles
- Rolls RazorRolls RazorRolls Razor Limited was a British company known for its manufacture of a sophisticated safety-razor and an "affordable" twin-tub washing machine.-Origins: razor:...
(also known as Rolls and Rolls Prestcold), a defunct British manufacturer of razors and later of washing machines
In entertainment
- Roll, common slang for bowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
- Drum rollDrum rollA drum roll is a technique the percussionist employs to produce a sustained sound on a percussion instrument. Rolls are used by composers to sustain the sound and create other effects, the most common of which is using a roll to build anticipation.- Snare drum roll :The most common snare drum roll...
, a technique employed by percussionists to produce a sustained sound from a drum- Gravity rollGravity rollIn drumming, a gravity roll is performed by resting the shaft of the drumstick on the rim of the snare drum, while holding the butt. The hand is moved up and down, causing the head of the stick to strike the drum's head once per stroke and the shaft of the drumstick will strike the rim of the drum...
- Single-stroke roll
- Gravity roll
- Banjo rollBanjo rollIn bluegrass music, a banjo roll or roll is a repeated pattern of eighth notes, an accompaniment pattern played by the banjo that by subdividing the beat 'keeps time'...
, a playing technique used in bluegrass music - LegatoLegatoIn musical notation the Italian word legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence...
, a playing technique for stringed instruments (especially electric guitars) - Music rollMusic rollA music roll is a storage medium used to operate a mechanical musical instrument. They are used for the player piano, mechanical organ, electronic carillon and various types of orchestrion. The vast majority of music rolls are made of paper...
, a form of recording on a paper or other roll- Piano rollPiano rollA piano roll is a music storage medium used to operate a player piano, piano player or reproducing piano. A piano roll is a continuous roll of paper with perforations punched into it. The peforations represent note control data...
, a music roll used in a player piano
- Piano roll
- Roll (album)Roll (album)Roll is the third album by Australian alternative country musician Anne McCue. Her first album for Messenger Records, it was released to critical acclaim in 2003....
, a 2003 music album by Anne McCue - Roll (Mega Man), a female character in the Mega Man series of video games
- Rock and rollRock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, a music genre - Rickroll, an Internet meme
In transportation
- Bank or roll, in flight dynamicsFlight dynamicsFlight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of mass, known as pitch, roll and yaw .Aerospace engineers develop control systems for...
, a rotation of a vehicle about its longitudinal axis- An aerobatic maneuverAerobatic maneuverAerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in formation with several others...
utilising roll input, such as:- the aileron rollAileron rollThe Aileron Roll is an aerobatic maneuver in which the aircraft does a full 360° revolution about its longitudinal axis. When executed properly, there is no appreciable change in altitude and the aircraft exits the maneuver on the same heading as it entered...
- the barrel rollBarrel rollA barrel roll is an aerial maneuver in which an airplane makes a complete rotation on its longitudinal axis while following a helical path, approximately maintaining its original direction. It is sometimes described as "a combination of a loop and a roll"...
- the slow roll
- the flick roll, or snap roll
- the aileron roll
- An aerobatic maneuver
- For a ship, stable deviation from horizontal is called list: "Roll" refers to dynamic movement.
- Roll programRoll programA roll program or tilt maneuver is an aerodynamic maneuver that alters the attitude of a vertically-launched space launch vehicle. The maneuver is used to place the spacecraft on a proper heading toward its intended orbit....
, a roll/bank performed during a rocket launch - Kayak rollKayak rollThe Kayak Roll is the act of righting a capsized kayak by use of body motion and/or a paddle. Typically this is done by lifting the torso towards the surface, flicking the hips to right the kayak halfway up and applying a righting force by means of the paddle while tucking close to the front or...
, maneuver used to right a kayak that has capsized - Roll, a smooth wheel fitted to a steamrollerSteamrollerA steamroller is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for levelling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine...
or road rollerRoad rollerA road roller is a compactor type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations, similar rollers are used also at landfills or in agriculture.In some parts of the world, road rollers are still known colloquially as steam...
Other uses
- Bread rollBread rollA bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. Bread rolls are often used in the same way as sandwiches are—cut transversely, with fillings placed between the two halves.-Various forms:...
- Roll (food)Roll (food)Roll as a kind of food, snack, or candy may refer to:* Arctic roll* Black sesame roll* Bread roll* Breakfast roll* Bulkie roll* Cabbage roll* California roll* Cheese roll* Chiko Roll* Cinnamon roll*Croquette* Egg roll* Fritter roll* Kaiser roll...
- Roll callRoll callRoll call is the calling of the names of people from a list to determine the presence or absence of the listed people . The term applies to the calling itself, to the time moment of this procedure, and to a military signal that announces it Roll call is the calling of the names of people from a...
, calling of the names of people from a list, to determine their presence or absence - Roll cloud, a type of cloud often found downwind of mountains or ahead of thunderstormThunderstormA thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower or simply a storm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the...
outflow boundariesOutflow boundaryAn outflow boundary, also known as a gust front, is a storm-scale or mesoscale boundary separating thunderstorm-cooled air from the surrounding air; similar in effect to a cold front, with passage marked by a wind shift and usually a drop in temperature and a related pressure jump...