Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.

  2. (uncountable)A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation, usually, with a system of three eight-hour shifts: first shift, second shift, and third shift.

    Schichtarbeit

    сме́нная рабо́таsménnaja rabóta, рабо́та по сме́намrabóta po sménam

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
rotating mode of work:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
rotating mode of work:

Origin

From shift + work.

From shift + work.

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