Ray
WordNet
noun
(1) Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
(2) Any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
(3) The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
(4) A column of light (as from a beacon)
(5) A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
(6) A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
(7) (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
verb
(8) Expose to radiation
"Irradiate food"
(9) Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
"Spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"
"This plants radiates spines in all directions"
(10) Emit as rays
"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
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Etymology 1
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Noun
- A beam of light or radiation.
- I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
- a marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
- A rib like reinforcing of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
- a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
- a tiny amount.
- Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
Verb
- To emit something as if in rays.
- To radiate as if in rays