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re·lay
(rē′lā)n.
1. An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.
2. Sports
a. A relay race.
b. A division of a relay race.
3. Electronics A device that responds to a small current or voltage change by activating switches or other devices in an electric circuit.
4. A crew of workers who relieve another crew; a shift.
5. A fresh team, as of horses or dogs, to relieve weary animals in a hunt, task, or journey.
tr.v. (rē′lā, rĭ-lā′) re·layed, re·lay·ing, re·lays
1. To pass along by or as if by relay: relayed the message to his boss.
2. To supply with fresh relays.
3. Electronics To control or retransmit by means of a relay.
[Middle English relai, fresh team of dogs for a hunt, from Old French, from relaier, to relay : re-, re- + laier, to leave (of Germanic origin; see leip- in Indo-European roots).]
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relay
n
1. a person or team of people relieving others, as on a shift
2. a fresh team of horses, dogs, etc, posted at intervals along a route to relieve others
3. the act of relaying or process of being relayed
4. (General Sporting Terms)
a. short for relay race
b. one of the sections of a relay race
5. (Mechanical Engineering) an automatic device that controls the setting of a valve, switch, etc, by means of an electric motor, solenoid, or pneumatic mechanism
6. (Electronics) electronics an electrical device in which a small change in current or voltage controls the switching on or off of circuits or other devices
7. (Telecommunications) radio
a. a combination of a receiver and transmitter designed to receive radio signals and retransmit them, in order to extend their range
b. (as modifier): a relay station.
vb (tr)
8. to carry or spread (something, such as news or information) by relays
9. to supply or replace with relays
10. (Telecommunications) to retransmit (a signal) by means of a relay
11. (Broadcasting) Brit to broadcast (a performance) by sending out signals through a transmitting station: this concert is being relayed from the Albert Hall.
[C15 relaien, from Old French relaier to leave behind, from re- + laier to leave, ultimately from Latin laxāre to loosen; see relax]
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re-lay
or re•lay
(riˈleɪ)v.t. -laid, -lay•ing.
to lay again.
[1580–90]
re•lay
(ˈri leɪ; v. also rɪˈleɪ)n.
1. a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
2. a fresh set of dogs or horses posted in readiness for use in a hunt, on a journey, etc.
3.
a. relay race.
b. a length or leg in a relay race.
4.
a. an electrical device that responds to a change of current or voltage in one circuit by making or breaking a connection in another.
5. an act or instance of conveying or transmitting by relay.
v.t. 6. to carry or convey by or as if by relays: to relay a message.
7. to provide with or replace by fresh relays.
8. to retransmit (a signal, message, etc.) by or as if by means of an electrical relay.
[1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English relaien to unleash fresh hounds in a hunt < Middle French relaier, Old French: to leave behind, release=re- re- + laier to leave, dial. variant of laissier < Latin laxāre (see relax)]
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re·lay
(rē′lā) An electrical switch that is operated by an electromagnet, such as a solenoid. When a small current passes through the electromagnet's coiled wire, it causes a movable iron bar to pivot and open or close the switch.
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relay
Past participle: relayed
Gerund: relaying
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| I relay |
| you relay |
| he/she/it relays |
| we relay |
| you relay |
| they relay |
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| I relayed |
| you relayed |
| he/she/it relayed |
| we relayed |
| you relayed |
| they relayed |
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| I am relaying |
| you are relaying |
| he/she/it is relaying |
| we are relaying |
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| I have relayed |
| you have relayed |
| he/she/it has relayed |
| we have relayed |
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| I was relaying |
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| we were relaying |
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| I had relayed |
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| he/she/it had relayed |
| we had relayed |
| you had relayed |
| they had relayed |
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| I will relay |
| you will relay |
| he/she/it will relay |
| we will relay |
| you will relay |
| they will relay |
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| I will have relayed |
| you will have relayed |
| he/she/it will have relayed |
| we will have relayed |
| you will have relayed |
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| I will be relaying |
| you will be relaying |
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| we will be relaying |
| you will be relaying |
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| I have been relaying |
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| we have been relaying |
| you have been relaying |
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| I will have been relaying |
| you will have been relaying |
| he/she/it will have been relaying |
| we will have been relaying |
| you will have been relaying |
| they will have been relaying |
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| I had been relaying |
| you had been relaying |
| he/she/it had been relaying |
| we had been relaying |
| you had been relaying |
| they had been relaying |
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| I would relay |
| you would relay |
| he/she/it would relay |
| we would relay |
| you would relay |
| they would relay |
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| I would have relayed |
| you would have relayed |
| he/she/it would have relayed |
| we would have relayed |
| you would have relayed |
| they would have relayed |
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Noun 1. [画像:relay - the act of passing something along from one person or group to another]relay - the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful"
handing over, passage - the act of passing something to another person
2. relay - a crew of workers who relieve another crew
shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
3. relay - a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
team - two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
4. [画像:relay - a race between teams]relay - a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next
5. relay - electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
electromagnet - a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
Verb 1. relay - pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers"
communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
2. relay - control or operate by relay
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relay
verb
noun
1. broadcast, programme, communication, transmission, dispatch, telecast, webcast More than a thousand people listened to a relay of the proceedings.
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Translations
إلْتِقاط وإرْسالسِبَاقُ الـمَرَاحِل يَسْتَلِم وَيَنْقُل
štafetapřenášetpřenos
overføreoverførselstafettransmissiontransmittere
vuoronvaihto
smjena
koma áleiîis; senda útútsending; endurvarp
交替班
교대조
estafetėpamainomisretransliacijatransliacija
pārraidīttranslācijatranslēt
relä
การวิ่งผลัด
eski grubun yerini alan yeni grup naklen yayınnaklen yayınlamaknakletmek
người chạy tiếp sức
relay
[ˈriːleɪ]A. N
1. [of workmen] → turno m; [of horses] → posta f
to work in relays → trabajar por turnos, ir relevándose en el trabajo
to work in relays → trabajar por turnos, ir relevándose en el trabajo
3. (Tech) → relé m
4. (Rad, TV) → repetidor m
B. VT
1. (Rad, TV) [+ concert, football match] → retransmitir
C. CPD relay station N (Elec) → estación f repetidora
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
relay
n
(of workers etc) → Ablösung f; (of horses) → frisches Gespann ; to eat in relays → in Schichten essen
(Sport, also relay race) → Staffel f, → Staffellauf m
(Rad, TV) → Relais nt
vt
(Rad, TV etc) programme, signal → (weiter) übertragen
message → ausrichten (to sb jdm); information, details → weiterleiten (to sb an jdm)
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relay
[n ˈriːleɪ; vb rɪˈleɪ]1. n
2. vt (Radio, TV) → ripetere ; (pass on, message) → passare, trasmettere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
relay
(riˈlei) – past tense, past participle reˈlayed – verb to receive and pass on (news, a message, a television programme etc). aangee يَسْتَلِم وَيَنْقُل препредавам retransmitir přenášet übertragen overføre; transmittere αναμεταδίδω retransmitir edastama باز پخش کردن välittää retransmettre לִמסוֹר प्रसारण primati i prenositi sugároz meneruskan koma (boðum) áleiðis; senda út ritrasmettere 中継する 중계하다 perduoti, transliuoti translēt; []raidīt menyampaikan relayeren sende, kringkaste przekazać, transmitować بدلول، دستړواسونو، سړو، سپو په ځاى هوسا اسان، سړى اوسپى درول: ريلى كول (ديوه خير خپرول چه دبل راديويى مركز څخه لاس ته راغلى وى retransmitir a retransmite передавать prenášať preneti ta emot och vidarebefordra ถ่ายทอดสัญญาณ nakletmek; naklen yayınlamak 轉達(消息),轉播(電視節目) ретранслювати نشر کرنا tiếp âm 转播(消息、电视节目等),中继转播
noun (ˈriːlei) (the sending out of) a radio, television etc signal or programme which has been received (from another place). herversend إلْتِقاط وإرْسال предаване retransmissão přenos die Übertragung overførsel; transmission retransmisión ülekanne دستگاه تقویت ؛ تقویت کننده lähetys relais שידור प्रसारण izmjenjivati sugárzás rilai útsending; endurvarp ritrasmissione 中継 중계 (re)transliacija []translācija penyampaian isyarat atau rancangan relais kringkasting, videresending retransmisja تقويت كوونكي retransmissão (re)transmisie ретрансляция prenos prenos relej återutsändning เครื่องถ่ายทอดสัญญาณ naklen yayın 轉播 ретрансляція ریڈیو یا ٹیلیویژن وغیرہ کے نشریات chương trình tiếp âm 转播
relay race a race between teams of runners, swimmers etc, in which the members of the team run, swim etc one after another, each covering one part of the total distance to be run, swum etc. aflos سِباق البَدَل، سِباق التتابُع щафета corrida de revezamento štafetový závod die Staffel stafetløb σκυταλοδρομία carrera de relevos teatevõistlus مسابقه دو امدادی viestikilpailu course de relais מֵרוֹץ שִלִיחִים रिले दौड़ प्रतियोगिता जिसमें दल का व्यक्ति पूरी दौड़ का कुछ भाग ही तय करता है, चौकी-दौड़ štafeta váltó lomba estafet boðhlaup/-sund sfaffetta リレー競走 메들리 릴레이 estafetė stafete; stafetes skrējiens/peldējums u.tml. larian berganti estafette stafett sztafeta لوبی corrida de estafetas ştafetă эстафета štafeta štafetna tekma štafetna trka stafettlopp, lagkapp[simning] การแข่งวิ่งผลัด หรือว่ายน้ําประเภทว่ายผลัด bayrak yarışı 接力賽 естафета دوڑنے یا تیاکی کرنے والی ٹیموں کے درمیان مقابلہ chạy tiếp sức 接力赛
in relays in groups which perform some job, task etc one after another, one group starting when another group stops. During the flood, firemen and policemen worked in relays to rescue people who were trapped. aflosgewys مَراحِل на смени em turnos na směny in rollendem Einsatz skiftehold με βάρδιες por relevos vahetuste kaupa در دسته های مختلف vuorollaan par relais מִשמָרוֹת क्रमिक u smjenama turnusokban secara beranting á vöktum (a turni) 交替で 교대로 pakaitomis, pamainomis maiņās; uz maiņām secara berganti in ploegen arbeidslag, skift, omgang na zmiany په مختلفه لاسو کی em turnos în schimburi посменно na zmeny v izmenah zajedno i skift การส่งต่องาน nöbetleşe, vardiyalı (小組)輪流 позмінно گروہ میں ca, kíp (thợ) 轮班(工作)
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relay
→ سِبَاقُ الـمَرَاحِل štafeta stafet Ablösung ρελέ relevo vuoronvaihto relais smjena staffetta 交替班 교대조 estafette relé zmiana koni lub zawodników w grze revezamento эстафета relä การวิ่งผลัด eski grubun yerini alan yeni grup người chạy tiếp sức 接力赛Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009