relay
noun
• a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group.
• "the wagons were pulled by relays of horses"
• an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
• a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a radio or television signal.
• "TV transmitters and relay stations"
relay
verb
• receive and pass on (information or a message).
• "she intended to relay everything she had learned"
Similar:
pass on,
hand on,
transfer,
repeat,
retail,
impart,
communicate,
send,
transmit,
broadcast,
live-stream,
feed,
disseminate,
make known,
publish,
spread,
circulate,
Origin:
late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.
relay
verb
• lay again or differently.
• "they plan to relay about half a mile of the track"
