Relay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Relay	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Relay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relay n the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful" a crew of workers who relieve another crew a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance Synonym(s): relay, relay race electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit Synonym(s): relay, electrical relay v pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers" control or operate by relay
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relay \Re*lay"\, a. (Mach.) Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an auxiliary apparatus put into action by a feeble force but itself capable of exerting greater force, used to control a comparatively powerful machine or appliance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relay \Relay"\ (r?-l?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relaid} (-l?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relaying}.] [Pref. re- + lay, v.] To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay* a pavement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relay \Relay"\ (r?-l?"), n. [F. relais (cf. OF. relais relaxation, discontinuance, It. rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), fr. OF. relaissier to abandon, release, fr. L. relaxare. See {Relax}.] 1. A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief. Specifically: (a) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) 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. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work. 2. (Elec.) 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. {Relay* battery} (Elec.), the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or relay.