relays
verb
Meaning
- To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again.
- A new set of hounds.
- A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
- (by extension) A new set of anything.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
- 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.
- An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
- To release a new set of hounds.
- To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
- To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
- To pass on or transfer (information).
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