In modern day baseball, teams generally have five starting pitchers, and they take it in turn to start a game every fifth day (hence the phrase rotation). Sometimes, if the schedule pans out, a team can get away with a four man rotation, and in the distant past some teams managed a three man rotation.
How Do Dosimeters Work? Dosimeters measure prolonged exposure to potentially dangerous effects. They are used by workers and scientists in a variety of situations, but the most common dosimeters measure either ionizing radiation or noise over periods of time.
n. 1. a dosimeter cosisting of a radiation-sensitive material, such as film, worn in a small package on a person's clothing, to record the accumulated radiation exposure of the person over a period of time; - used to monitor the exposure of individuals, such as workers in a nuclear power plant, to ionizing radiation.