Relay

Noun

 * 1)  An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
 * 2)  A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.

Verb

 * 1)  To pass or transfer from one person to another, especially repeatedly through a series of persons.

Verb

 * 1) To lay again.
 * He had to relay the tiles because the cement was too dry.

Thesaurus
Le Mans, adder, air race, alternator, analytical control unit, analyzer, anchor watch, anode, armature, assign, autoconverter, automobile race, autostarter, autotransformer, battery charger, bicycle race, bit, boat race, brush, cap, capacitor, carry over, cathode, charger, choking coil, coder, coil, collator, communicate, commutator, compensator, compiler, condenser, consign, contest of speed, controller, converter, coupling, cross-country race, cutout, dash, day shift, decoder, deliver, deport, derby, detector, differential, diffuse, disseminate, distributor, divider, dog race, dogwatch, drag race, dynamo, dynamotor, electrode, electrophorus, electroscope, endurance race, expel, export, extradite, footrace, full time, fuse, galvanic pile, galvanoscope, generator, graveyard shift, grid, ground, half time, hand forward, hand on, hand over, heat, hurdle race, ignition, impart, import, inductor, insulator, integrator, interrupter, jumper, lap, lightning rod, lobster trick, magnet, magneto, magnetoscope, make over, marathon, marathon race, match race, memory tubes, metastasize, metathesize, motor-generator, motorcycle race, multiplier, night shift, obstacle race, oscillator, oscilloscope, outlet, overtime, part time, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, phase discriminator, pile, plug, pocket, points, position coder, potato race, printer, push button, race, reactor, receptacle, receptor, rectifier, regatta, relay race, resistance box, resistor, rheostat, road race, run, sack race, selector, self-starter, selsyn, shift, shunt, socket, spark coil, spark plug, speedway race, split schedule, split shift, spread, sprint, sprint race, starter, step-down transformer, stint, stock-car race, storage unit, sunrise watch, swing shift, switch, synchronous converter, tap, terminal, three-legged race, time, time switch, timer, toggle switch, torch race, tour, tour of duty, track race, transfer, transfer property, transformer, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transmitter, transplace, transplant, transpose, trick, trickle charger, turn, turn of work, turn over, voltage changer, voltage regulator, voltage transformer, walk, watch, work shift, yacht race

Etymology 1
From relai: (compare  relaien:) from  relai:, from relaier:; literally, "to leave behind", from  relaier:, from re-: + laier:, of  origin--a conflation of  *undefined: (from  from ) and  *undefined: (from  from ). Akin to latian: (from  latu:),  læfan:. More at let:, leave:.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: re-lay
 * Homophones: re-lay
 * Homophones: re-lay

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: relay
 * Homophones: relay

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: relé
 * Icelandic: liði, rafliði
 * Italian: attuatore, ripetitore
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese: relé
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: релеј
 * Roman: relej
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: щафета
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: stafett
 * Polish: sztafeta


 * Portuguese: revezamento
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: штафета
 * Roman: štafeta
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: stafett

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: välittää, kertoa eteenpäin
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Polish: przekazać, przekazywać

Verb

 * Dutch: herleggen
 * Esperanto: remeti
 * French:


 * Icelandic: endurleggja
 * Italian: ricollocare, rimettere
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * early
 * layer