relays
Baton-passing track events
Relays are devices or acts of passing something along.
An electrical relay is a switch activated by a signal from another circuit—a small current controlling a larger one.
A relay race has team members taking turns, each handing off to the next: She ran the anchor leg in the 4x100 relay.
To relay information is to receive it and pass it on: Can you relay a message to the team?
The word captures any system where something moves through intermediate stages rather than directly.
Slender rod for leading
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- trackPath or monitored route
- athleticsCompetitive physical activities
runners · heats · medley · split · leg · marathon · stadium · hurdles
Varied mixture or blend
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
leg · anchor · lane · heat · split · touchpad · exchange · takeover
Wound circular arrangement
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- solenoidCurrent-carrying wire helix
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
actuator · electromagnet · circuit · breaker · transformer · terminal · latching · timer
baton
Slender rod for leading
athletics · runners · heats · medley · split · leg · marathon · stadium · hurdles · sprinters
medley
Varied mixture or blend
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
butterfly · leg · anchor · lane · heat · split · touchpad · exchange · takeover · team
coil
Wound circular arrangement
- armatureRotating electromagnetic coil
- solenoidCurrent-carrying wire helix
- contactCommunication or physical touch
switch · actuator · electromagnet · circuit · breaker · transformer · terminal · latching · timer · voltage
transmission
Sending of information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
repeater · antenna · transmitter · receiver · bandwidth · waveform · microwave · satellite · tower · station
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
- track meetstrack meets, track events, field events, hurdles, high jump
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- electrical engineeringelectrical engineer, current, circuit design, circuits, voltage
- electrical systemswiring, circuits, voltage, transformers, electricity
- relay raceSequential team sprint
- relay teamRacing group sharing stages
- relay batonHandoff cylinder in races
- torch relaySequential bearing of ceremonial fire
- relay stationSignal-boosting transmission point
- egg relayBalancing race with fragile cargo