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.
Noun. 1. dosimetry-measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source. measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure-the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; the measurements were carefully done; his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate. Translations.