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Ray

noun

A column of light (as from a beacon). Synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.

(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point.

A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. Synonyms: beam, electron beam.

The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization. Synonym: re.

Any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish.

Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins.

verb

(past & past part. rayed; pres. part. raying)

Emit as rays.

Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center. Synonym: radiate. "This plants radiate spines in all directions"

Expose to radiation. Synonym: irradiate.

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"Ray" Quotes from Famous Books

... sacred retreat, and irritate its pious inhabitants. Know that within the calm and cold recluse Lurks unperceived a germ of smothered flame, All-potent to destroy; a latent fire That rashly kindled bursts with fury forth:— As in the disc of crystal that remains Cool to the touch, until the solar ray Falls on its polished surface, and excites The burning heat ...

— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson

... chance, and at once began unlocking the cell door. As the emissary heard him, he concluded that it was the guard come to release him, and sprang from his bunk just as Locke entered. He suspected nothing until a stray ray of light fell on Locke's face. But then it was too late either for him to put up much of a fight or to make an outcry. For with a swift blow Locke disposed of him and carried the fellow, unconscious, ...

— The Master Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey

... the Indians want with them?" asked Joe. "They don't know how to develop 'em, and, even if they did, they would be of no use. They can't know what they are, but if the least ray of light gets into the boxes it means ...

— The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast • Victor Appleton

... was scarcely any light in the shops, and the streets seemed deserted. Now and then a ray of light was cast upon the mud and puddles when the door of a tavern, where sailors and topers quarrelled ...

— Skipper Worse • Alexander Lange Kielland

... from pickets. Mr. Halsey has a magnificent voice; and the echoes came back so full and rich that soon we appointed him speaker by mutual consent, and were more than repaid by the delightful sounds that came from the woods. The last ray of the sun on the smooth waters; the soldiers resting on their oars while we tuned the guitar and sang in the still evening, until twilight, slowly closing over, warned us to return, forms another of those pictures indescribable though ...

— A Confederate Girl's Diary • Sarah Morgan Dawson

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