relays

We have found lemma(root) word of relays : relay.

Definitions


[ˈriːleɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group
(e.g: the wagons were pulled by relays of horses)

- an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit

- a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a radio or television signal
(e.g: TV transmitters and relay stations)


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Origin:
late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’


[ˈriːleɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- receive and pass on (information or a message)
(e.g: she intended to relay everything she had learned)


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Origin:
late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’


[riːˈleɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- lay again or differently
(e.g: they plan to relay about half a mile of the track)


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