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Definition of 'ray'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ray
a narrow beam of light.

2.  ray
a slight manifestation:
a ray of hope.

3.  ray
radiance.

4.  ray
any of the lines or streams in which light appears to radiate from a luminous body.

5.  ray
the straight line normal to the wave front in the propagation of radiant energy.

6.  ray
a stream of particles all moving in the same straight line.

7.  ray
one of a system of straight lines emanating from a point.

8.  ray
the part of a straight line considered as originating at a point on the line and as extending in one direction from that point.

9.  ray
any of a system of parts radially arranged.

10.  ray
one of the branches or arms of a starfish or other radiate animal.

11.  ray
one of the bony or cartilaginous rods in the fin of a fish.

12.  ray
Bot.

13.  ray
one of the branches of an umbel.

14.  ray
one of many long, bright streaks radiating from some large lunar craters.

15. (v.i.) ray
to emit rays.

16.  ray
to issue in rays.

17. (v.t.) ray
to send forth in rays.

18.  ray
to throw rays upon; irradiate.

19.  ray
to subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy.

20. (n.) ray
any of numerous elasmobranch fishes having a flattened body and greatly enlarged pectoral fins with the gills on the undersides.

21. (n.) Ray
Man, 1890–1976, U.S. painter and photographer.

Definition of 'ray'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation
a column of light (as from a beacon)

2. (noun) ray
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

3. (noun) ray
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

4. (noun) beam, ray, electron beam
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

5. (noun) re, ray
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

6. (noun) ray
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

7. (verb) ray
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

8. (verb) ray
emit as rays
"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

9. (verb) radiate, ray
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"

10. (verb) irradiate, ray
expose to radiation
"irradiate food"

Definition of 'ray'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ray
a line or beam of light or other energy
the last rays of sunlight coming through the trees

2. ray
a ray of hope/light/sunshine
sth that gives hope or happiness in a bad situation
A week without violence gave residents a ray of hope.

Definition of 'ray'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ray
array; order; arrangement; dress

2. (noun) ray
one of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays

3. (noun) ray
a radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius

4. (noun) ray
one of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes

5. (noun) ray
one of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran

6. (noun) ray
a line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray

7. (noun) ray
one of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light

8. (noun) ray
sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen

9. (noun) ray
one of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray

10. (noun) ray
to mark with long lines; to streak

11. (noun) ray
to send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles

12. (noun) ray
any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc

13. (noun) ray
in a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate

14. (verb) ray
to array

15. (verb) ray
to mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile

16. (verb) ray
to shine, as with rays

Translation of 'ray'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a narrow beam (of light, heat etc) the sun's rays; X-rays; heat-rays; a ray of light.
Afrikaans: straal	Arabic: شُعاع	Bulgarian: лъч
Brazilian: raio	Czech: paprsek	German: der Strahl
Danish: stråle	Greek: αχτίδα	Spanish: rayo
Estonian: kiir	Farsi: شعاع؛ پرتو	Finnish: säde
French: rayon	Hebrew: קֶרֶן	Hindi: किरण
Croatian: zraka	Hungarian: sugár	Indonesian: sinar
Icelandic: geisli	Italian: raggio	Japanese: 光線
Korean: 광선	Lithuanian: spindulys	Latvian: stars; starojums
Malay: sinar	Dutch: straal	Norwegian: stråle
Polish: promień	Persian: شعاع؛ پرتو	Pashto: وړانګه، شعاع، شغله، پلوشه
Portuguese: raio	Romanian: rază de soare	Russian: луч
Slovak: lúč	Slovenian: žarek	Serbian: zrak
Swedish: stråle	Thai: รังสี	Turkish: ışın, ışık demeti
Taiwanese: 光束，（熱能等的）射線	Ukrainian: промінь	Urdu: شعاع
Vietnamese: tia	Chinese: 光束，（热或其他能量的）射光线
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