relay
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
- A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
- 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.
- An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
verb
- To pass on or transfer (information).
- To release a new set of hounds.
- To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
- To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
verb
- Alternative spelling of re-lay.
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Etymology
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.
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