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round robin
round robinn.1. Sports A tournament in which each contestant is matched in turn against every other contestant.2. A petition or protest on which the signatures are arranged in a circle in order to conceal the order of signing.3. A letter sent among members of a group, often with comments added by each person in turn.round robin n 1. a letter, esp a petition or protest, having the signatures in a circle in order to disguise the order of signing 2. any letter or petition signed by a number of people 3. a letter that is copied and sent to a number of different people 4. (General Sporting Terms) a. a tournament, as in a competitive game or sport, in which each player plays against every other playerb. (as modifier): a round-robin tournament. round′ rob′in
n. 1. a sequence or series. 2. a tournament in which all of the entrants play each other at least once. 3. a letter, notice, or the like, circulated from person to person in a group, often with individual comments being added by each. 4. a petition or the like having the signatures arranged in circular form so as to disguise the order of signing. [1540–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | round robin - a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestanttournament, tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | | 2. | round robin - a letter signed by a number of peopleletter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" |
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round robin
round robin1. In sports, a tournament in which all participants must face everyone else in successive turns. Hyphenated if used as a modifier before a noun. Because we had an odd number of teams, we decided to make the tournament a round robin. There will be four round-robin competitions, with the winner of each one going into a final bracket on Sunday.2. A document signed in a circle around the edges to mask the order of the signatures (so that a leader of the message cannot be identified). Employees opposing the move have decided to send a round robin to management outlining their protest.See also: robin, roundround robin1. A petition or other document signed by several persons in sequence, so that no one can tell who was the first to sign it. For example, We decided to send a round robin to management to protest the new rules about work hours . This term originally referred to a grievance presented by seamen to their captain, called round because of the circular sequence of names, but the source of robin has been lost. [Early 1700s] 2. In sports, a tournament in which each player or team plays against all of the others in turn. For example, The club always holds a tennis round robin on the Fourth of July. [Late 1800s] See also: robin, rounda ˌround ˈrobin a letter of protest, etc. that has been signed by many people in such a way that no single person can be blamed or punished for sending it: Did you sign that round robin that was sent to the manager this week?This comes from the navy. Originally it was a letter of protest in which the signatures were written in a circle so that nobody could see who had signed it first.See also: robin, roundround robin
round robinA continuously repeating sequence, such as the polling of a series of terminals, one after the other, over and over again. To cycle through open applications round robin means that each app is displayed one after the other. See round robin DNS.See RRBN
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