| Definitions of 'relay' |
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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
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| Definitions of 'relay' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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
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