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Room-over-room Room-over-room is a term used to describe placing, a room directly above another, often used in reference to Id Softwares Doom series. In the original Doom games, all mapping was done in 2D while height variance was done via numbers so getting the effect to work was an achievement at the time.
Roomano Roomano is a hard Gouda-like cheese from The Netherlands. The major difference from Gouda is the percentage of butterfat in the cheese: Gouda contains 48% butterfat or more, while Roomano contains less than 48% butterfat.
Roomes Stores Roomes Stores is an independent family-run department store which has occupied several sites in East London, United Kingdom. The current operation consists of three nearby stores in Upminster: a fashion store, a homewares store and a furniture store.
Roone Arledge Roone Arledge (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC News from 1977 until his death, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main broadcasting stations, NBC and CBS, in the '60s, '70s, and '80s.
Rooney Rule The Rooney Rule requires National Football League teams to interview minority candidates for a head coaching opportunity. The rule is named for Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the chairman of the league's diversity committee, and is often cited as an example of affirmative action.
Roonstrasse Synagogue Roonstrasse Synagogue, located in Cologne, Germany, is one of the five pre-Nazi synagogues of the locality, which was destroyed on November 9 1938 during nation-wide attacks on Jewish interests (Kristallnacht) when Germany was under Nazi rule. The synagogue was subsequently re-built during 1950s.
Roont This term is used in Stephen King's book Wolves of the Calla - The Dark Tower (series) - to describe people who have lower brain function than normal, and who are of an abnormal size (up to seven feet). The roont ones have had part of their brains' eaten by the Breakers, masters of the Wolves of Thundeclap.
Roopa Mishra In 2004, Roopa Mishra became the First Oriya Lady as well as the First Married Lady of the country to top All India Civil Service Examinaton of 2003. Roopa Mishra, an MBA from Utkal University in Bhubaneshwar, had topped the 2003 Civil Services examination while Ms.
Roope Latvala Roope Latvala (born June 25 1970) is a Finnish guitarist who currently plays with the bands Children of Bodom and Sinergy. He was the founding member of Stone, one of the most notable bands in the history of Finnish heavy metal.
Roopkund Roopkund is a place in Uttarakhand state of India, and it is the location of about three to six hundred skeletons at the edge of a lake—Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas. The location is uninhabited and is located at an altitude of about 5,029 metres.
Rooseum The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, located in Malmö, Sweden, is one of the foremost centers for contemporary art in Europe. Founded in 1988 by the Swedish art collector and financier Fredrik Roos, the Rooseum aims to promote experimental relationships between art, artists and audience, by offering exhibitions and commissions linked to seminars, discussions and relevant screenings.
Roosevelt (album) Roosevelt is the name of The Spinto Band's third official album, which was released in 2000. Ostensibly, it was intended to be a concept album about Theodore Roosevelt, although only some of the songs obviously adhere to that concept.
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the Roosevelt summer retreat where, in August 1921, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with poliomyelitis at the age of 39.
Roosevelt elk Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known as Olympic elk, live in the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest. The desire to protect the elk was one of the primary driving forces behind the establishment of the Mount Olympus National Monument (later, Olympic National Park) in 1909.
Roosevelt Expressway (Jacksonville) The Roosevelt Expressway is a spur of Interstate 10 (SR 8) west of downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States, built partially to freeway standards. It runs southwest from a partial interchange with I-10, across McDuff Avenue (State Road 129), to an intersection with Roosevelt Boulevard (U.
Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Franklin was a fictional character featured in Sesame Street during the early 1970s. As he is purple with shaggy black hair that stands on end, (but possesses no ears or nose), his "ethnicity" is somewhat of a mystery, but his speech has led most to conclude that he is African American, and his persistent misbehavior in class led many to believe he was a negative cultural stereotype, ultimately leading to his removal from the show.
Roosevelt High School (Seattle) Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a public school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Founded in the 1920s, Roosevelt continues to be one of the largest schools in the greater Seattle area.
Roosevelt Hotel A prominent landmark situated on Madison Avenue and 45th Street in midtown New York City, The Roosevelt Hotel was named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The New York City hotel opened September 22, 1924.
Roosevelt Chapman Roosevelt Chapman (also known as velvet, velvet man, and Rosey) was an American college basketball player for the University of Dayton from 1980-1984. He was born and raised in the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York and is known for being the all-time leading scorer at the University of Dayton and also for being on the latter's basketball Hall of Fame.
Roosevelt Institution The Roosevelt Institution is a student think tank. It has two missions: to act as a conduit for students' ideas to reach the policy discourse, and to train students on public policy and leadership and give them the idea that their conclusions are relevant.
Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island, and before that Blackwell's Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens on Long Island to its east.
Roosevelt Island Bridge The Roosevelt Island Bridge is a lift bridge that connects Roosevelt Island to Long Island City in Queens. It is the sole route to the island for vehicular and foot traffic (without using public transportation).
Roosevelt Island Tramway The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway in New York City that spans the East River and connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. Prior to the completion of the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America.
Roosevelt Island, Antarctica Roosevelt Island () is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 7,500 km2 in area, lying in the E part of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. Its central ridge rises to about 550 m above sea level.
Roosevelt Mall The Roosevelt Mall is a strip mall in Northeast Philadelphia that opened in 1964 at the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard (US 1) and Cottman Avenue. Anchoring the mall are Macy's and Philadelphia Park off-track betting parlor; other major stores include Rite Aid and Modell's Sporting Goods.
Roosevelt Park (Malden) Roosevelt Park (Malden) was a large open public park in Malden, Massachusetts with three baseball diamonds, open space for football games, a basketball court, a children's playground, and an old field house that had closed prior to the closing of the park itself. The park was also the home field for Malden Catholic High School's football program until the completion of their own stadium, Brother Gilbert Stadium, in 1988.
Roosevelt Raceway The Roosevelt Raceway motor sports race track was a Vanderbilt Cup / GP venue on New York's Long Island for the United States Grand Prix in 1936 and 1937. The original raceway was twisty and bumpy, making it not quite suited to the big-bore big-BHP racecars of the day.
Roosevelt Road (Metra) The Roosevelt Road Station is a commuter rail station in downtown Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to the Randolph Street Terminal and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana.
Roosevelt Skerrit Roosevelt Skerrit (born June 8, 1972) is the Honourable Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica as well the Member of Parliament for the Vielle Case constituency. In addition to being Prime Minister, he holds the ministerial portfolios of Finance, Planning, National Security and Overseas Nationals.
Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a four-year, private institute of higher education with full service campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg. It also offers classes in communities, schools, and corporations, and has the mission of being a metropolitan university and an asset to the surrounding communities.
Roosevelt's muntjac A single specimen of the Roosevelt's Muntjac was presented to the Field Museum in 1929 following a hunting expedition led by Theodore (Jnr) and Kermit Roosevelt. The specimen is slightly smaller than the common muntjac and DNA testing has shown it to be distinct from recently-discovered muntjac species.
Roosevelt-Marcy Trail The Roosevelt-Marcy Trail is named for the historic route Vice President Theodore Roosevelt traveled on a dangerous midnight stagecoach ride from Tahawaus to the North Creek train station to take the Presidential oath.
Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition The Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition was jointly lead by Theodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon in 1913-1914 to be the first explorers of the 1000-mile long "River of Doubt" (later renamed Rio Roosevelt) located in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon basin. Sponsored in part by the American Museum of Natural History, they also collected many new animal and insect specimens.
Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA) Roosevelt/Wabash (more commonly Roosevelt) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green and Orange Lines. It is an elevated station with a single island platform, located at 22 East Roosevelt Road in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, just east of State Street.
Roosky Roosky (RĂşscaigh in Irish) is a village on the River Shannon in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland in the northern midlands of Ireland, near the point where counties Leitrim, Longford, and Roscommon meet. The N4 road from Dublin to Sligo passes by the Leitrim side of the village.
Roost Records Roost Records (also known as Royal Roost Records) was a record label established in 1949, primarily to record jazz, taking its secondary name from the New York club with which it was associated. The saxophonist Stan Getz, early in his career, was the most celebrated musician to record for the label, though recordings by guitarist Johnny Smith are also highly regarded.
Rooster Rock State Park Rooster Rock is the name of a column of basalt, a natural obelisk, which stands near the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, in the lee of Crown Point. The island or sand bar that accompanies it is Rooster Rock State Park.
Rooster Teeth Productions Rooster Teeth Productions is an award-winning production group from Austin, Texas that specializes in the creation of machinima, or films created using real-time, interactive engines from computer and video games. The name Rooster Teeth is a euphemism for cockbite, an insult used in one of the group's trailers.
Roosterfish The roosterfish, Nematistius pectoralis, is a game fish common in the marine waters surrounding Mexico, from the Gulf of California to Panama, and in the eastern Pacific, from California to Peru. It is the only fish in the genus Nematistius and the family Nematistiidae.
Root In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically lies below the surface of the soil (compare with stem). However, this is not always the case, since a root can also be aerial (that is, growing above the ground) or aerating (that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water).
Root (album) Root was a multimedia project based around 25 one minute guitar pieces improvised by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. These samples were sent out to around 100 people - both visual artists as well as musicians - in hoover bags to remix or create accompanying artwork for.
Root (chord) In music the root (basse fondamentale) of a chord is the note or pitch upon which that chord is perceived or labelled as being built or hierarchically centered upon. This feeling of centeredness is aurally perceivable for those who grew up with European music, and its verbal labelling is a basic skill for the musically trained.
Root (linguistics) The root is the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Content words in nearly all languages contain, and may consist only of, root morphemes.
Root beer Root beer is a dark beverage that comes in two forms, alcoholic and as a soft drink. The alcoholic version is made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, artificial sassafras root bark flavoring (the pure form is mildly carcinogenic), nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other ingredients.
Root Boy Slim Root Boy Slim (born Foster MacKenzie III) (July 9, 1945--June 8,1993) Asheville, North Carolina; was a singer and songwriter for the band Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band. He died in his sleep in his home in Orlando, Florida at the age of 48.
Root canal Root canals are the long passages full of soft tissue deep within the dentin of a tooth, adjoining the pulp chamber. In dentistry, a pulpectomy is an endodontic treatment to cure an infection of the root canal; informally a root canal.
Root cause A root cause is an initiating cause of a causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Commonly, root cause is used to describe the depth in the causal chain where an intervention could reasonably be implemented to change performance and prevent an undesirable outcome.
Root cause analysis Root cause analysis (RCA) is a class of problem solving methods aimed at identifying the root causes of problems or events. The practice of RCA is predicated on the belief that problems are best solved by attempting to correct or eliminate root causes, as opposed to merely addressing the immediately obvious symptoms.
Root cellar Root cellar is an underground room suitable for storage of consumable goods. Perishable goods stored in the room are maintained within a narrow range of humidity and temperature such that bacterial and fungal growth are inhibited as compared to the more microbe-friendly conditions found above ground.
Root certificate In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is an unsigned public key certificate, or a self-signed certificate, and is part of a public key infrastructure scheme. The most common commercial variety is based on the ITU-T X.
Root datum In mathematics, the root datum (donnée radicielle in French) of a connected split reductive algebraic group over a field is a generalization of a root system that determines the group up to isomorphism. They were introduced by M.
Root locus In control theory, the root locus is the locus of the poles of a transfer function as the system gain K is varied on some interval. The root locus is a useful tool for analyzing single input single output (SISO) linear dynamic systems.
Root mean square In mathematics, root mean square (abbreviated RMS or rms), also known as the quadratic mean, is a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity. It's especially useful when variates are positive and negative, e.
Root mean square deviation The root mean square deviation (RMSD) or root mean square error (RMSE) is a frequently-used measure of the difference between values predicted by a model or an estimator and the values actually observed from the thing being modeled or estimated.
Root mean square deviation (bioinformatics) The root mean square deviation (RMSD) is the measure of the average distance between the backbones of superimposed proteins. In the study of globular protein conformations, one customarily measures the similarity in three-dimensional structure by the RMSD of the Cα atomic coordinates after optimal rigid body superposition.
Root nameserver A root nameserver is a DNS server that answers requests for the root namespace domain, and redirects requests for a particular top-level domain to that TLD's nameservers. Although any local implementation of DNS can implement its own private root nameservers, the term "root nameserver" is generally used to describe the thirteen well-known root nameservers that implement the root namespace domain for the Internet's official global implementation of the Domain Name System.
Root of unity In mathematics, the nth roots of unity, or de Moivre numbers, are all the complex numbers which yield 1 when raised to a given power n. It can be shown that they are located on the unit circle of the complex plane and that in that plane they form the vertices of a n-sided regular polygon with one vertex on 1.
Root pressure Root pressure occurs in the xylem of some vascular plants when the soil moisture level is high either at night or when transpiration is low during the day. When transpiration is high, xylem sap is usually under tension, rather than under pressure, due to transpirational pull.
Root race Root Race (or Epochs to subsequent authors) is a term first used by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in her book The Secret Doctrine. The word designates the large time periods in her esoteric cosmology and symbolizes stages in human evolution.
Root River (Wisconsin) The Root River is a river, about 35 mi (55 km) long, that flows to Lake Michigan at the city of Racine in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States. Racine and Racine County are named for the river, as racine is the French word for root.
Root Road Covered Bridge Root Road Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the west branch of the Ashtabula River in Monroe Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 15 drivable bridges in the county, is a single span Town truss design.
Root vegetable Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables. They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, and bulbs.
Root-Takahira agreement The Root-Takahira Agreement of 1908 was a contract between the United States and Japan in which both countries acknowledged Asia's status, their international policies, their respective territorial possessions in the Pacific, and John Hay's Open Door trade policy in China.
Rooted graph In mathematics, and, in particular, in graph theory, a rooted graph is a mathematical graph in which one node (graph theory) is labelled in a special way to distinguish it from the graph's other node. This special node is called the root of the graph.
Rooted product of graphs In mathematical graph theory, the rooted product of a graph G and a rooted graph H is defined as follows: take |V(G)| copies of H, and for every vertex v_i of G, identify v_i with the root node of the i-th copy of H.
Rootes The Rootes Group was a British automobile manufacturer, which was based in the Midlands of England. Rootes was the parent company of many well-known British marques, including Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam, Talbot, Commer and Karrier.
Roothaan equations The Roothaan equations are a representation of the Hartree-Fock equation in a non orthonormal basis set which can be of Gaussian-type or Slater-type. It applies to closed-shell molecules or atoms where all molecular orbitals or atomic orbitals, respectively, are doubly occupied.
Rootkit A rootkit is a set of software tools intended to conceal running processes, files or system data from the operating system. Rootkits have their origin in relatively benign applications, but in recent years have been used increasingly by malware to help intruders maintain access to systems while avoiding detection.
Rootless cosmopolitan Rootless cosmopolitan (Russian language: безродный космополит, "bezrodniy kosmopolit") was a Soviet euphemism during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1948–1953, which culminated in the "exposure" of the alleged Doctors' plot, a fake conspiracy to eliminate the leadership of the Soviet Union by means of Jewish doctors poisoning top leadership. The term and the persecutions by the authorities unmistakably targeted the Jews.
Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 is a four-CD box set released on Columbia Records in 1992. The set features five hours worth of early blues, folk/country and gospel recordings from a variety of American artists.
Roots blower A rotary lobe blower, Roots Blower refers to a specific design of positive displacement compressor with two lobed impellers with a roughly figure "8" shape which are mechanically linked via gears such that they rotate in opposite directions. The figure "8" shape allows the impellers to be close to but never in contact with both each other and the pump walls at every position of their rotation.
Roots of hip hop Hip hop culture, including rapping, scratching, graffiti, and breakdancing, emerged from 1970s block parties in New York City, specifically The Bronx (Toop, 1991). In the 1930s more than a sixth of Harlem residents were from the West Indies, and the block parties of the '80s were closely similar to sound systems in Jamaica (Toop, 1991).
Roots of Peace Roots of Peace is a humanitarian organization dedicated to the removal of landmines and the subsequent replanting and rebuilding of war-torn regions. Founded in 1997 by Heidi Kuhn, the goal of Roots of Peace is to turn minefields into farmland and support victims of landmine accidents.
Roots of Resistance Roots of Resistance was an anti-racist organization active in Vancouver, Canada from 1992 to 1996. The organization was formed shortly after a Vancouver demonstration in support of Rodney King during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, fusing an affinity group called Anarchists of Colour with Langara College's students of colour collective, the Third World Alliance, and other activists.
Roots reggae Roots reggae is a sub-genre of reggae music which evolved in Jamaica from Ska and Rocksteady and was made famous outside the Caribbean by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Marley. Roots reggae is an inherently spiritual Rastafari type of reggae music, the lyrics of which are predominantly in praise of Jah Ras Tafari Makonnen — Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia the Emperor of Ethiopia.
Roots revival A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. Often, roots revivals include an addition of newly-composed songs with socially and politically aware lyrics, as well as a general modernization of the folk sound.
Roots type supercharger The Roots type supercharger or Roots blower is a positive displacement type device that operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing lobes not unlike a set of stretched gears. Air is trapped in pockets surrounding the lobes and carried from the intake side to the exhaust.
Roots Tonic Roots Tonic is the name of the three piece rock/reggae band best known as Matisyahu's backing band for live shows and studio recordings. The band is made up of Aaron Dugan (guitar and sounds), Josh Werner (bass and keyboard, also co-writes songs with Matisyahu), and Jonah David (drums and percussion).
Roots, Stems and Branches Roots, Stems and Branches (RSB) is a band from Dominica that combines elements of reggae, hip hop, Latin music, zouk, soca and calypso. The band formed in 1983 and have released eight albums, toured across the Caribbean and parts of the United States.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It was adapted into a hugely popular, 12-hour television miniseries, also called Roots, in 1977, and a 14-hour sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, in 1979.
Rootschat Rootschat is a free online genealogy forum concentrating on local and family history research in the United Kingdom. At the time of writing there were over 34,000 members with nearly 850,000 postings in 154,000 topics.
Rootstown Local School District, Portage County, Ohio The Rootstown Local School District is a secondary school district located in Rootstown, Ohio, United States. The district serves approximately 1,300 students in Rootstown Township in Portage County and has three schools: Rootstown Elementary School serving grades K-5, Rootstown Middle School serving grades 6-8, and Rootstown High School serving grades 9-12.
RootStream Software RootStream Software Solutions is a privately held software product company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. RootStream has focused its efforts to develop software for small and mid-sized businesses globally.
RooTooth Developed by RoboDynamics, RooTooth is a Class 1 Bluetooth module that is designed specifically for the iRobot's Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner. RooTooth simply plugs into Roomba's expansion port and bluetooth-enables the vacuum cleaner and takes advantage of the Roomba Serial Control Interface (Roomba SCI).
Rooz Rooz (Persian:روز, literally day) is an Iranian morning newspaper in Persian and English, temporarily published on the internet only. It is mostly staffed by exiled independent reformist Iranian journalists, including Masoud Behnoud, Ebrahim Nabavi, and Nikahang Kowsar with occasional articles by activists and journalists inside Iran, including Shirin Ebadi and Ahmad Zeidabadi.
Rop protein Rop protein (also known as repressor of primer protein) is a small dimeric protein consisting of two coiled-coil motifs that dimerize to form four-helix bundles. Each monomer is 63 amino acids long and consists of a helix-turn-helix motif with a C-terminal tail.
Ropa vieja Ropa vieja, which is Spanish for "Old Clothes," is a popular Caribbean dish consisting of shredded beef (often skirt or flank steak), vegetables, and a sauce. Although ropa vieja has a basic core recipe, the Cuban version varies slightly from the Panamanian version, which varies slightly from the Puerto Rican version, etc.
Ropczyce-Sędziszów County Ropczyce-Sedziszow County (in Polish powiat ropczycko-sędziszowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Rope (rhythmic gymnastics) Rope (Rhythmic Gymnastics) may be made of hemp or a synthetic material which retains the qualities of lightness and suppleness. It's length is in proportion to the size of the gymnast, the rope should, when held down by the feet, reach both of the gymnasts' armpits.
Rope access Rope access is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used in climbing and caving, which applies practical ropework to allow workers to access difficult to reach locations without the use of scaffolding or cranes. Many companies worldwide can supply workers such as inspectors, welders, painters and cleaners who are trained in these techniques.
Rope boarding Rope boarding is a new physical activity popularized and likely invented by urban teenagers in the Toronto Tri-City area(Kitchener, Ont. to be exact), recently popularized on the MuchMusic channel's MUCH Adrenaline as an extreme sport due to the dangerous stunts being performed.
Rope bondage Rope bondage is bondage involving the use to rope to tie and wrap the body as part of BDSM activities. Most modern rope bondage techniques derive from the Japanese erotic rope bondage artform of shibari, which was in turn developed from the now-defunct Japanese military restraint technique of hojĹŤjutsu.
Rope climbing Rope climbing is a sport in which competitors, usually men, attempt to climb up a suspended vertical rope using only their hands. While rules vary, usually the competitor starts seated on the ground, must not use his legs to grip the rope, and is timed.
Rope drag In rock climbing, rope drag is the friction felt when pulling a rope through a number of pieces of protection. It is exacerbated by having great numbers of anchor placements, and especially if they form a zig zag rather than straight line.
Rope rescue Rope rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of static nylon kernmantle ropes, anchoring and belaying devices, friction rappel devices, various devices to utilize mechanical advantage for hauling systems, and other specialized equipment to reach victims and safely recover them.
Rope splicing Rope splicing in ropework is the forming of a semi-permanent join between two ropes or two parts of the same rope by partly untwisting and then interweaving their strands. Splices can be used to form a stopper at the end of a line, to form a loop or an eye in a rope, or for joining two ropes together.
Rope stretcher In ancient Egypt Rope stretchers were surveyors who measured property lines and foundations using knotted cords which they stretched in order to take the sag out of the rope. As far back as the palettes of Narmer and the Scorpion King the Egyptians document the process the royal surveyors used to restore the boundaries of fields after each innundation or flood.
Rope-a-dope Rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting style used most famously by Muhammad Ali (who coined the term) in the Rumble in the Jungle against George Foreman. The idea is for the boxer to lie on the ropes of a boxing ring, conserve energy and allow the opponent to strike him repeatedly in hopes of making him tire and open up weaknesses to exploit for an eventual counter-attack.
Ropeadope Ropeadope was founded as a record label in 1999 by Andrew Blackman Hurwitz. While producing a diverse mix of jazz, hip-hop, and electronica, the label has also attracted a loyal following for its unique line of branded clothing.
Roper (band) Roper was a Christian pop-punk band formed in Denver, Colorado. The band consisted of Reese Roper (former lead singer of Five Iron Frenzy) on lead vocals, Jonathan Byrnside on lead guitar, Jonathan Till on bass, Matt Emmett on rhythm guitar, and Nick White on drums.

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