ELECTRICAL RELAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrical relay mean? 

• ELECTRICAL RELAY (noun)
  The noun ELECTRICAL RELAY has 1 sense:

1. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

  Familiarity information: ELECTRICAL RELAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRICAL RELAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electrical relay; relay

Hypernyms ("electrical relay" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "electrical relay"):

electromagnet (a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet)

Holonyms ("electrical relay" is a part of...):

circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)