Definition of "relay" []

• An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another. (noun)
• Sports A relay race. (noun)
• Sports A division of a relay race. (noun)
• Electronics A device that responds to a small current or voltage change by activating switches or other devices in an electric circuit. (noun)
• A crew of workers who relieve another crew; a shift. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Second connection to the relay is a cable to the COM port on the PC."
• "Sanchez's decision-making has been so bad coach Rex Ryan reportedly has initiated a "Sesame Street" - simple system, in which Ryan will relay a code word - red, green or yellow - with each play based on how cautious or aggressive Sanchez should be."
• "The chat service works well and is really snappy in relay time, at least in our own browser-to-browser tests."