ROTA

n. rotation of tasks, round of duties; roster, chart indicating when each person must perform a particular assignment

Rota may refer to:Rota is a Latin word, meaning wheel.Rota can also be a wheel used for measuring distances along roads and railway lines. These wheel often come with a mechanical counter to simplifies the task of counting the number of revolutions, or better still, the number of yards or metres.Rota is the feminine form of the Chilean term roto.Róta, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, who chose those who were about to die on the battle-field.Rota (architecture), a cylinder, open on one side, that was built inside a wall of a monastery; it was used for exchanging mail and food with cloistered clergy, being their only communication with the world.Rota (formation), a military unit in old-time Poland.Rota (music), a name for a type of round, specifically as practiced in England in the 13th and 14th centuries. The term is Latin for "wheel".Rota (schedule) or rosta is a table that shows what times certain things are going to happen and normally is referred to staffs shift timesRota (The oath), a poem written by Maria Konopnicka, sung to the music by Feliks NowowiejskiRota (volcano), a volcano in Nicaragua.Rota Club, a political club in circa 1702 in London. Its members proposed radical political reform, and the club is mentioned as an enemy of the state in Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub. Rotary International, a service club.Sacra Rota, a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church.Rota (papal signature), a sign which makes up part of the pope's signature
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In Norse mythology Róta was one of the valkyries. According to the Prose Edda she attended the battlefields along with Gunnr and Skuld and chose those who were to be slain then taken to Valhalla. Apart from this mention she is all but unknown.Her name occurs in the kenning "reifandi gnýþings götva geir-Rótu" meaning the naughty enricher of the loud congress of the garments of spear-Róta, i.e. warrior. [1]
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Noun
1. (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
(hypernym) court, tribunal, judicature
(classification) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church

Noun
1. a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
(hypernym) roll, roster
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

v. (Informal) belch, burp

v. slue, slew