different between relay vs repeater

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?le?/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i?le?/, /??i?le?/
• Rhymes: -i?le?
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

relay (plural relays)

1. (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds. [from 15th c.]
2. (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. [from 17th c.]
3. (by extension) A new set of anything.
4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence. [from 18th c.]
5. (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. [from 19th c.]
6. (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• relay race

Translations

Verb

relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relayed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds. [15th-17th c.]
2. (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. [from 18th c.]
3. (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. [from 19th c.]
4. (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information). [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• (to relay a message): convey

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? lay

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i??le?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i?le?/
• Rhymes: -i?le?
• Homophone: re-lay

Verb

relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relaid)

1. Alternative spelling of re-lay

Anagrams

• Arely, Arley, Early, Layer, Leary, Raley, Rayle, early, layer, leary

English

Etymology

repeat +? -er

Noun

repeater (plural repeaters)

1. One who or that which repeats.
2. (education) A student repeating a course or class.
3. (medicine) A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
4. (marketing) A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
5. (US) One who votes more than once at an election.
6. In ufology and similar studies, a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.

   Note – this term is more commonly used by skeptics of the paranormal, and implies that the witness lacks credibility.

7. (firearms) A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
8. A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
9. (electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
10. A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
11. (nautical) A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
12. (nautical) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

13. (mathematics) A repeating decimal.
14. (textiles) In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Derived terms

• banner repeater

Translations

Anagrams

• Pear Tree, pear tree, peartree, repartee, repartée, rerepeat