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ray

noun

1 ray

A column of light (as from a beacon).

synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

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Dutch: stralenbundel

2 ray

A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.

3 ray

mathematics A straight line extending from a point.

Dutch: straal, straaltje
Polish: półprosta

4 ray

A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation.

synonyms: beam, electron beam.

Polish: promień

5 ray

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

synonym: re.

Dutch: d, re
Polish: d, re

6 ray

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

7 ray

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

Dutch: rogvis, rogvissen
Polish: płaszczka

verb

1 ray

Emit as rays.

2 ray

Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.

synonym: radiate.

3 ray

Expose to radiation.

synonym: irradiate.

Dutch: bestralen


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