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Relay Race

Definition: Relay Race

Relay Race

Noun

1. A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Relay Race

Synonym: relays (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Relay race

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

During a relay race, members of a team take turns running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. This is an Olympic sport as well.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Relay race."

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Crosswords: Relay Race

English words defined with "relay race": baton. (references)

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Modern Usage: Relay Race

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Movie/TV Titles

Scrappy's Relay Race (1934)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Relay Race

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Travers Island, New York. Norwegian Independence Day celebration at the Norwegian gunners' school. Relay race.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Modern Translations: Relay Race

Language Translations for "relay race"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

stafetë (relay). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سباقات الأفراس, ‏سباق المراحل. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

щафета (baton, relay). (various references)

   

Czech

  

štafeta (baton, relay). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viestinjuoksu. (various references)

   

French

  

course de relais. (various references)

   

German

  

staffellauf (relay), staffel (bench, degree, detachment, easel, echelon, grade, grading, progressive interconnection, relay, relay team, rung, squadron, stair, step, tressle, workbench). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκυταλοδρομία (relay). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מרוץ שליחים. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

váltóverseny, váltófutás, staféta. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

estafet. (various references)

   

Italian

  

staffetta (relay, U-bolt). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

継走 , リューマチ熱 (backpack, bullpen car, bullpen cart, lilas, lily skirt, linker, Lyon, lyophilization, lyric, lyrical, lyricism, relation, relational, relax, relaxation, relay, release, relief, relief pitcher, relocation service, rewind, rewrite, rheumatic fever, rucksack). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

リレーレース , けいそう (a conflict, a dispute, aspect, contention, controversy, diatom, dispute, features, flighty, form, instrumentation, lightweight equipment or dress, look, phase, thoughtless). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elayray aceray

   

Portuguese

  

estafeta (post, relay racer, relay rider), corrida de revezamento. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ştafetã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

эстафетный бег (relay-race). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

štafetna trka. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

carrera de relevos. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stafettlopp, budkavletävling. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bayrak yarışı (relay). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

estafeta (r). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Relay Race

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-l-r-r-y"

-2 letters: clearer.

-3 letters: career, carrel, celery, cereal, rarely, realer, relace.

-4 letters: alary, areae, areal, areca, array, carer, carle, carry, clary, clear, craal, creel, early, lacer, lacey, laree, layer, leary, leery, lycea, lycee, racer, relay, yarer.

-5 letters: acre, acyl, aery, alae, alar, alec, alee, area, aryl, care, carl, carr, cere, clay, earl, eely, eery, eyer, eyra.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-l-r-r-y"
 

+4 letters: irreplaceably.

 

+5 letters: adrenergically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Relay Race


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6C 61 79      52 61 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101100 01100001 01111001 00100000 01010010 01100001 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#108 &#97 &#121 &#32 &#82 &#97 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006C 0061 0079      0052 0061 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271786791252676971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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