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relay

noun

1 relay

The act of passing something along from one person or group to another.

Roget 635: material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, ... show more

Roget 636: stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow.    stock in trade, supply; ... show more

2 relay

A crew of workers who relieve another crew.

Polish: sztafeta

3 relay

A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals.

4 relay

A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance.

synonym: relay race.

Dutch: estafette, estafetteloop
Polish: sztafeta

5 relay

Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit.

synonym: electrical relay.

Polish: przekaźnik

verb

1 relay

Pass along.

2 relay

Control or operate by relay.


Moby thesaurus: Le Mans, adder, air race, alternator, analytical control unit, analyzer, anchor watch, anode, armature, assign, autoconverter, automobile race, autostarter, autotransformer, battery charger, bicycle race, bit, boat race, brush, cap ... show more.

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