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continental shifts

continental shifts is the plural of continental shift.

Meaning of continental shift

Noun

continental shift (plural continental shifts)

  1. A type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It can also commonly be implemented as working four days in a row with three days off, then working three days in a row with four days off; switching every week.

Questions about continental shifts

What is continental shifts the plural of?
Continental shifts is the plural of continental shift.

Words near continental shifts in the dictionary

  1. continental quilts
  2. continental seating
  3. continental shelf
  4. continental shelves
  5. continental shift
  6. continental shifts
  7. continental slope
  8. continental slopes
  9. Continental System
  10. continental time
  11. continental time zone

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