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Noun: electrical relay
  1. Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
    "The electrical relay allowed the low-voltage switch to control the high-power motor";
    - relay

Derived forms: electrical relays

Type of: electrical device

Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

Encyclopedia: Electrical relay