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What (who) is ray - definition
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Rays; Ray (physics); Ray (disambiguation); Ray (album)
ray
n.
1) to emit, send forth, send out rays
2) a cathode; cosmic; death; gamma; infrared; ultraviolet; X ray
3) heat; light rays
ray
ray1
¦ noun
1. each of the lines in which light seems to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening.
the straight line in which light or other electromagnetic radiation travels to a given point.
(rays) a specified form of non-luminous radiation: ultraviolet rays.
(rays) informal, chiefly N. Amer. sunlight considered in the context of sunbathing.
2. an initial or slight indication of a positive or welcome quality: a ray of hope.
3. Mathematics any of a set of straight lines passing through one point.
4. Botany any of the individual strap-shaped florets around the edge of the flower of a daisy or related plant.
5. Zoology each of the long slender bony supports in the fins of most bony fishes.
6. Zoology each radial arm of a starfish.
¦ verb
1. spread from or as if from a central point.
2. literary radiate (light).
Phrases
ray of sunshine informal a person who brings happiness to others.
Derivatives
-rayed adjective
rayless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. rai, based on L. radius 'spoke, ray'.
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ray2
¦ noun a broad flat cartilaginous fish with wing-like pectoral fins and a long slender tail. [Order Batiformes: many species.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. raie, from L. raia.
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ray3
(also re)
¦ noun Music (in tonic sol-fa) the second note of a major scale.
?the note D in the fixed-doh system.
Origin
ME re, representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of resonare, taken from a Latin hymn.
Ray
·vi To shine, as with rays.
II. Ray ·vt To Array.
III. Ray ·noun Array; order; arrangement; dress.
IV. Ray ·noun To mark with long lines; to Streak.
V. Ray ·noun To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
VI. Ray ·noun One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
VIII. Ray ·noun Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, ·etc.
IX. Ray ·noun One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an Ophiuran.
X. Ray ·noun 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.
XI. Ray ·noun In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. ·see Skate.
XII. Ray ·noun Sight; perception; vision;
- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
XIII. Ray ·noun One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. ·see Half-ray.
XIV. Ray ·noun 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.
XV. Ray ·noun 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.
XVI. Ray ·noun 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.
Examples of use of ray
1. Sorry." "This wasn‘t about Ray, then?" "Ray?" asked George.
2. Sorry." "This wasnt about Ray, then?" "Ray?" asked George.
3. And Ray knows how to swear.‘ He says he wrote the part for Ray: ‘I‘ve always loved Ray.
4. X–ray and gamma–ray telescopes will jockey for their slice of the pie.
5. Foxx, who received an Oscar last year for portraying Ray Charles in the movie "Ray," has begun per...