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relay¹ noun 1 a set of workers, supply of materials, etc that replace others doing, or being used for, some task, etc. 2 old use a fresh supply of horses, posted at various points along a route, to replace others on a journey. 3 a relay race. 4 electronics an electrical switching device that, in response to a change in an electric circuit, eg a small change in current, opens or closes one or more contacts in the same or another circuit. 5 telecomm a device fitted at regular intervals along TV broadcasting networks, underwater telecommunications cables, etc to amplify weak signals and pass them on from one communication link to the next. 6 a something which is relayed, especially a signal or broadcast; b the act of relaying it. 7 as adj • a relay station. verb (relays, relayed, relaying) 1 to receive and pass on (news, a message, a TV programme, etc). 2 radio to rebroadcast (a programme received from another station or source). 3 intrans, old use to get a fresh relay of horses.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from French relaier to leave behind, ultimately from Latin laxare to loosen.

relay² or re-lay verb (relays, relaid, relaying) to lay something again.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.