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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"

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Webster 1913 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

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