shiftpattern
nounUK /ˈʃɪft ˌpætən/
US /ˈʃɪft ˌpætərn/
A shift pattern is the plan for when different people take turns working.
The nurses follow a shift pattern so someone is always at the hospital.
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2. The repeated order in which shifts rotate, such as days, nights, and rest days.
Their shift pattern goes two days on, two nights on, then four days off.
3. A regular change in position or direction that repeats over time.
The wind's shift pattern changed as the storm moved in.
4. A repeated change in how something is arranged or done.
Scientists studied the shift pattern of the sand dunes over the year.