Relay vs X - What's the difference?
relay | x |
(by extension) A new set of anything.
* Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
(athletics) 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.
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
(obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
To pass on or transfer (information).
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun relay
is .As a verb relay
is (obsolete|intransitive|hunting) to release a new set of hounds or relay can be .As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.relay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , of uncertain origin.Noun
(en noun)- There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.