Colloquially, however, 'round-robin' is frequently given an opposite meaning, being used to describe a letter with an author copied and sent to multiple recipients. For example, the sending of family news at Christmas. This is more correctly termed a circular. Also get togethers among friends/neighbors, commonly during the Christmas season, is also called a round-robin.
In sport, round-robin refers to every player or team in a group or pool taking turns to play one another a set number of times. This may be called the group stage (or phase) of a tournament, prior to the knock-out stage. (See Round-robin tournament for article).
In aviation, a round-robin flight is a cross-country flight which starts at one airport, travels to several other points for fly-over or touch-and-goes, and returns to the airport of origin. Such flights are often flown for cross-country training purposes.
This practice was adopted by sailors petitioning officers in the Royal Navy (first recorded 1731) .
The term round-robin is recorded in English much earlier, although not with the above meaning. It first appears in 1546 (with meaning unknown) and appears later applied to a category of person (precise meaning unknown): "These Wat Tylers and Round-Robins being driven or persuaded out of Whitehall" (1671). In a recent poll, the term "Round Robin" was voted #61 of favorite phrases used.
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