(n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
(n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.
(n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Cape Ray, a 648ft converted car ferry, has been waiting at the Spanish port of Rota for four months for the extraction of chemical weapons from Syria to be completed.
(2) The removal of financial penalties for trusts that overwork their doctors would see us lose our only safeguard against unsafe rotas.
(3) Rota virus and Candida albicans were the Commonest identified organisms in the stools of the PEM cases, they were detected in 52% and 38.2% of cases respectively while 25% of WNC had rota virus in their stool and non of them had Candida (P less than 0.02).
(4) After hauling the food back to the cottage, they drew up a rota for the cooking, with some preparing breakfast for the group, and others sharing the duties for lunch and dinner.
(5) In 2015 the service was short of 50,000 staff, a 6% vacancy rate, and was becoming increasingly reliant on expensive agency staff to plug gaps in rotas.
(6) At high doses it produced fall out in the rota-rod test.
(7) A computer generated graphical display of the rota was used to facilitate leave planning.
(8) Chronic understaffing in hospitals means that trainees are typically being asked to work six extra shifts a month to cover for gaps in rotas, the survey found.
(9) In a statement it said its "safety record, incidents, complaints, response times to patients and rota fills all indicate a safely run service.
(10) He denied that: there is a fear factor ingrained into the whole culture of Sports Direct; that some shop workers are told they can be dismissed for three misdemeanours; that workers sometimes feel under pressure to mislead customers and the commission scheme only incentivises them to sell Sports Direct brands; that finish times on rotas are not adhered to; that there is inadequate training and that the company has been paying shop workers less than the legal minimum.
(11) 'I feel very conflicted': junior doctors and colleagues on the five-day strike Read more As the junior doctors point out, most NHS services are available at the weekend and most doctors work weekends as part of their rotas.
(12) Furthermore, PCP pups had difficulty performing the rota-rod task at 4 weeks and exhibited a decrease in sensitivity to challenged PCP at 5 weeks (female).
(13) Slidex Rota-Kit 2 was more sensitive and specific than the other tests, and would thus appear to be a practical and accurate rotavirus assay for use in routine laboratory work.
(14) The radii of curvature (R) of the horizontal (Rh), anterior (Ra) and posterior (Rp) semicircular canals were measured by a new technique (called ROTA) for cat, guinea pig and man.
(15) There are fewer of them than during the week, because there are no routine outpatient clinics or operating lists, but they all take their turn on the rota to cover emergency work and deal with inpatients.
(16) Conventional toothbrushes and Rota-Dent brushes used without dentifrice gave minimal abrasion on the dentin.
(17) Let them be more than just a uniform that turns up, ticks their rota and disappears until teatime.
(18) Local rotas for out of hours work are a good compromise between meeting the needs of patients and doctors in deprived areas, but there are financial implications for inner cities.
(19) After immunizing 8-month pregnant Holstein cows with human rotavirus, Wa strain, cow colostrum containing neutralizing antibody to human rotavirus, designated as Rota colostrum, was obtained.
(20) The action is likely to lead to operations being cancelled and hospitals having to hire temporary staff to fill gaps in rotas.
Rotta
Definition:
(n.) See Rota.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effects of specific gastrin-cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor blockers (proglumide and a new, more potent product of Rotta Research Laboratorium, CR-1392) on pancreatic secretion were studied.
(2) The effects of lorglumide (CR 1409), a potent cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor blocker developed recently by the Rotta Research Laboratories, were studied on pancreatic growth and enzyme composition.