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[[File:Achilles_Ajax_dice.jpg||thumb|Achilles and Ajax playing dice.]]'''Dice''' (singular die or dice; from Old French dé; from Latin datum "something which is given or played";) are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers. Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games. | [[File:Achilles_Ajax_dice.jpg||thumb|Achilles and Ajax playing dice.]]'''Dice''' (singular '''die''' or '''dice'''; from Old French ''dé''; from Latin ''datum'' "something which is given or played";) are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers. | ||
Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games. | |||
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Revision as of 12:04, 7 June 2016
Dice (singular die or dice; from Old French dé; from Latin datum "something which is given or played";) are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.
Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games.
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Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Dice @ Wikipedia