relay
/ˈriːleɪ/
verb
- To receive and pass on (information, a message, or a signal) to another person or place.
- The satellite relays television signals across the ocean.
- She relayed the instructions to the rest of the team.
- Please relay the message to your manager as soon as possible.
- To pass (an object) from one person to another along a line.
- Volunteers relayed supplies from the truck to the shelter.
- The firefighters relayed buckets of water from the pond to the burning house.
- The crowd relayed the injured player off the field on a stretcher.
noun
- A race in which each team member runs, swims, or cycles part of the distance and then is replaced by another member.
- The relay team practiced handoffs every day after school.
- She passed the baton smoothly in the relay race.
- Our school won the 4x100 meter relay at the track meet.
- An electrical device that opens or closes a circuit, often used to control a high-power circuit with a low-power signal.
- The mechanic replaced the faulty relay in the car's starter system.
- A relay in the control panel clicked when the power came on.
- You can hear the relay switch when the air conditioner turns on.
- A system of passing something (such as a message, signal, or broadcast) from one person or station to another.
- The news was sent by relay from the capital to the remote village.
- The radio station used a relay to boost the signal over the mountains.
- They set up a relay of messengers to deliver the urgent letter.