Halte.
ETYM French relais (cf. Old Fren. relais relaxation, discontinuance, Italian rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), from Old Fren. relaissier to abandon, release, from Latin relaxare. Related to Relax.
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A switch activated by an electrical signal. A relay allows another signal to be controlled without the need for human action to route the other signal to the control point, and it also allows a relatively low-power signal to control a high-power signal.
1. Current flowing in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit; SYN. electrical relay.
2. The act of relaying something.