relay
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relay¹
- /ˈɹiːleɪ/
- /ɹiˈleɪ/
Rhymes with -iːleɪ, -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
noun relays
- A new set of hounds.
- A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
- A new set of anything. There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
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A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
Similar: relay race
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A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions.
Similar: relay race
- An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
verb relays · relaying · relayed
- To pass on or transfer (information). The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.
- To release a new set of hounds.
- To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
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To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
Similar: convey
relay²
- /ˌɹiːˈleɪ/ UK
- /ˌɹiˈleɪ/ US
Sounds like re-lay · Rhymes with -iːleɪ
verb relays · relaying · relaid
- Alternative spelling of re-lay Over this section the 16th class are allowed to haul 800 tons, compared with 600 tons only by the 13th and 14th, and 450 tons by the 12th class engines, and in this way, without any expenditure on civil engineering works or relaying with heavier rails, the introduction of the 16th class has almost d
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: electrical relay, roadhouse, baton, conduit, relais, fuse, bridge, transaxle, disseminate, trunking, propeller, transit, convey, slack, broadcast, pass
Translations
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noun athletics discipline
| Español | relevos, carrera de relevos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 릴레이 rillei |
| 日本語 | リレー rirē |
| Português | revezamento |
| Deutsch | Staffellauf |
| Italiano | staffetta |
| Ελληνικά | σκυταλοδρομία skytalodromía |
| Română | ștafetă |
| Русский | эстафе́та estaféta |
| العربية | سِبَاق تَتَابُع sibāq tatābuʕ |
noun electrical actuator
| Español | relé, actuador |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 繼電器 /继电器 jìdiànqì |
| Português | relé |
| Français | relais, relai |
| Deutsch | Relais |
| Italiano | relè |
| Ελληνικά | ηλεκτρονόμος ilektronómos |
| Română | releu |
| Русский | реле́ rɛlé |
| Tiếng Việt | rơ-le |
verb to pass on or transfer (information)
| Español | comunicar |
|---|---|
| Français | transmettre |
| Deutsch | weitergeben |
| Italiano | comunicare |
| Ελληνικά | μεταβιβάζω metavivázo, αναμεταδίδω anametadído |
| Română | transmite |
| Русский | передава́ть peredavátʹ, переда́ть peredátʹ, трансли́ровать translírovatʹ |
verb to place (people or horses) in relays
| Français | relayer |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αντικαθιστώ antikathistó |
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title = {relay},
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