RELAY
\ɹˈiːle͡ɪ], \ɹˈiːleɪ], \ɹ_ˈiː_l_eɪ]\
Definitions of RELAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
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the act of relaying something
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pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers"
By Princeton University
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electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
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the act of relaying something
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pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
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A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief.
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A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.
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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.
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A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
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A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief.
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A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.
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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.
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A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
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A set of fresh men, horses, or dogs, etc., held ready to relieve a tired set, usually at a given time or place; an electrical device by which the opening or closing of a weak circuit opens or closes a stronger circuit.
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Relaying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To lay again.
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A fresh set, as of horses; a change or shift.
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Elec. An electromagnetic device for opening and closing circuits.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A supply of fresh horses provided at the several stages of the road to take the place of those which have gone the previous stage;- also, a leash of hunting dogs kept In readiness to relieve those which have tired in the pursuit:—-any thing laid up in store.
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