re-lay: Meaning and Definition of

re-lay

1. to lay again.

re•lay

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.
1. Seerelay race.
2. a length or leg in a relay race.
4. an automatic control device in which the settings of valves, switches, etc., are regulated by a powered element, as a motor, solenoid, or pneumatic mechanism actuated by a smaller, sensitive element.
5. a device, usually consisting of an electromagnet and an armature, by which a change of current or voltage in one circuit is used to make or break a connection in another circuit or to affect the operation of other devices in the same or another circuit.
6. (cap.)one of an early series of experimental low-altitude, active communications satellites.

1. to carry forward by or as if by relays: to relay a message.
2. to provide with or replace by fresh relays.
3. to retransmit (a signal, message, etc.) by or as if by means of a telegraphic relay.

1. to retransmit a signal or message electronically.

re•lay

1. re-lay.