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noun
- 1. a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group: "the wagons were pulled by relays of horses"
- 2. an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
verb
- 1. receive and pass on (information or a message): "she intended to relay everything she had learned"
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a group of people who continue an activity that others from the same team or organization have been doing previously: Relays of workers kept the machines going through the night. After the landslide, volunteers worked in relays to rescue people buried under the rubble. (also relay race)
- English (US)
a group of people who continue an activity that others from...
- Simplified
RELAY translate: 传达，转发;播放;转播, 组, 接替的一组人;轮换的一队人, （跑步或游泳的）接力赛,...
- Znaczenie Relay, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
relay definicja: 1. to repeat something you have heard, or...
- Relay: French Translation
RELAY translate: retransmettre, relais. Learn more in the...
- Relay: Russian Translation
RELAY translate: передавать (сообщение и т. д.) ,...
- Relay: German Translation
relay translate: übertragen, die Übertragung. Learn more in...
- Relay Spanish Translation
RELAY translate: transmitir, retransmitir, relevo, carrera...
- English (US)
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word relay, from a supply of horses or people to an electromagnetic device or a race. See examples, synonyms, etymology and more.
Learn the meaning of relay as a verb and a noun, with examples of usage and related words. Find out how relay can refer to a team, a race, or an electrical device.
Relay definition: a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.. See examples of RELAY used in a sentence.
A relay is an electrically operated switch. It consists of a set of input terminals for a single or multiple control signals, and a set of operating contact terminals. The switch may have any number of contacts in multiple contact forms, such as make contacts, break contacts, or combinations thereof.
noun. ( Mechanical engineering: Control, instrumentation and metrology) A relay is a device that controls the setting of a valve or switch automatically by means of an electric motor, solenoid, or pneumatic mechanism. If the alarm is triggered, the relay automatically cuts off the heater.
noun. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit. synonyms: electrical relay. see more. Definitions of relay (/riˈleɪ/) verb. pass along.
