Literary notes about relay (AI summary)
The term relay is employed in literature with a wide range of meanings that bridge technical precision and narrative metaphor. In scientific and technical texts, relay describes mechanisms such as satellite communications and electrical switches, evoking images of circuits being opened and closed or messages being passed on electronically [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. In historical and adventure writing, relay often refers to a system of couriers or a series of horses ready to carry a message or a traveler’s load, underscoring themes of urgency and connection across distances [6, 7, 8]. Even in everyday dialogue and modern narratives, relay maintains its sense of transmitting information from one point to another, whether through spoken word or electronic means [9, 10, 11]. This versatility highlights how a single word can encompass both mechanical and metaphorical functions, unifying diverse contexts within literature.
- During its 25-month lifespan, Relay 1 introduced the nations of the world to satellite communication.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The relay that is generally used is a modified form of the Siemens polarised relay, which is so adjusted as to make a single contact.
— from Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, J. A. (John Ambrose), Sir - Thus the local circuit is closed and opened by the relay just in time with the starting and stopping of the current in the main line.
— from Physics by Charles H. (Charles Henry) Smith - Users of the Internet can send messages to recipients on the Dialcom network through the DASnet relay service.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Relay carried communications experiments to test a variety of relay equipment—including that for photofacsimile, teleprinter, and data transmission.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - At Kámenka a relay of horses was to wait which would take them to the Warsaw highroad, and from there they would hasten abroad with post horses.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - “That will serve us for a relay,” said Athos.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - The man remained in the village; the woman had had a relay of horses, and continued her journey.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - “A woman from San Geronimo to——” Florence checked her flow of Spanish to relay the message in English to Peggy and Jo Ann.
— from Crossed Trails in MexicoMexican Mystery Stories #3 by Helen Randolph - At that time communication was kept up between them by a line of relay couriers.
— from Mosby's War Reminiscences; Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns by John Singleton Mosby - At daybreak, the conductor of the diligence shouted: “Vernon! relay of Vernon!
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
