Definitions of Relay [ˈri leɪ;]

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Definition of 'Relay'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) relay
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.

2.  relay
a fresh set of dogs or horses posted in readiness for use in a hunt, on a journey, etc.

3.  relay
a length or leg in a relay race.

4.  relay
an electrical device that responds to a change of current or voltage in one circuit by making or breaking a connection in another.

5.  relay
an act or instance of conveying or transmitting by relay.

6. (v.t.) relay
to carry or convey by or as if by relays:
to relay a message.

7.  relay
to provide with or replace by fresh relays.

8.  relay
to retransmit (a signal, message, etc.) by or as if by means of an electrical relay.

Etymology: (1375–1425; (v.) late ME relaien to unleash fresh hounds in a hunt < MF relaier, OF: to leave behind, release=re-re - +laier to leave, dial. var. of laissier < L laxāre (see relax ))

Definition of 'Relay'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) relay
the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
"the relay was successful"

2. (noun) relay
a crew of workers who relieve another crew

3. (noun) relay
a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals

4. (noun) relay, relay race
a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

5. (verb) relay, electrical relay
electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

6. (verb) relay
pass along
"Please relay the news to the villagers"

7. (verb) relay
control or operate by relay

Definition of 'Relay'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Relay
a supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief

2. (noun) Relay
a supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay

3. (noun) Relay
a supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way

4. (noun) Relay
a number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work

5. (noun) Relay
in various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing

6. (verb) Relay
to lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement

Definition of 'Relay'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. Relay
A receiving instrument which moves in accordance with impulses of currents received, and in so moving opens and closes a local circuit, which circuit may include as powerful a battery as required or desirable, while the relay may be on the other hand so delicate as to work with a very weak current.

Translation of 'Relay'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to receive and pass on (news, a message, a television programme etc).
Afrikaans: aangee	Arabic: يَسْتَلِم وَيَنْقُل	Bulgarian: препредавам
Brazilian: retransmitir	Czech: přenášet	German: übertragen
Danish: overføre; transmittere	Greek: αναμεταδίδω	Spanish: retransmitir
Estonian: edastama	Farsi: باز پخش کردن	Finnish: välittää
French: retransmettre	Hebrew: לִמסוֹר	Hindi: प्रसारण
Croatian: primati i prenositi	Hungarian: sugároz	Indonesian: meneruskan
Icelandic: koma (boðum) áleiðis; sen	Italian: ritrasmettere	Japanese: 中継する
Korean: 중계하다	Lithuanian: perduoti, transliuoti	Latvian: translēt; []raidīt
Malay: menyampaikan	Dutch: relayeren	Norwegian: sende (videre), kringkast
Polish: przekazać, transmitować	Persian: باز پخش کردن	Pashto: بدلول، دستړواسونو، سړو، س
Portuguese: retransmitir	Romanian: a retransmite	Russian: передавать
Slovak: prenášať	Serbian: preneti	Swedish: ta emot och vidarebefordr
Thai: ถ่ายทอดสัญญาณ	Turkish: nakletmek; naklen yayınla	Taiwanese: 轉達(消息)，轉播(電視節目)
Ukrainian: ретранслювати	Urdu: نشر کرنا	Vietnamese: tiếp âm
Chinese: 转播（消息、电视节目等），中继转播	Afrikaans: herversend	Arabic: إلْتِقاط وإرْسال
Bulgarian: предаване	Brazilian: retransmissão	Czech: přenos
German: dieÜbertragung	Danish: overførsel; transmission	Spanish: retransmisión
Estonian: ülekanne	Farsi: دستگاه تقویت ؛ تقویت کنند	Finnish: lähetys
French: relais	Hebrew: שִׁידוּר	Hindi: प्रसारण
Croatian: izmjenjivati	Hungarian: sugárzás	Indonesian: rilai
Icelandic: útsending; endurvarp	Italian: ritrasmissione	Japanese: 中継
Korean: 중계	Lithuanian: (re)transliacija	Latvian: []translācija
Malay: penyampaian isyarat atau	Dutch: relais	Norwegian: kringkasting, videresendi
Polish: retransmisja	Persian: دستگاه تقویت ؛ تقویت کنند	Pashto: تقويت كوونكي
Portuguese: retransmissão	Romanian: (re)transmisie	Russian: ретрансляция
Slovak: prenos	Slovenian: prenos	Serbian: relej
Swedish: återutsändning	Thai: เครื่องถ่ายทอดสัญญาณ	Turkish: naklen yayın
Taiwanese: 轉播	Ukrainian: ретрансляція	Urdu: ریڈیو یا ٹیلیویژن وغیرہ ک
Vietnamese: chương trình tiếp âm	Chinese: 转播
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