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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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... an instant and opened them again, thinking that the vision would have gone. But there was the Arab still nearer to them and moving with a swift agility. A ray of sunlight struck through the branches of a tree and burned suddenly like a dancing flame on something the man carried—a carbine with a brass hammer. And the next moment a sound proved beyond all doubt to Hillyard that ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... first sun-ray he perceived a companion in the dewy solitude. He had noticed the figure before, but always, until this hour, at twilight. It was the form of a nun standing, high above him on the temple cliff, with ...

— The Dragon Painter • Mary McNeil Fenollosa

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— In the Field (1914-1915) - The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry • Marcel Dupont

... stranger did not call forth any recollections in me. Deeply interested and even flattered, I submitted to my strange visitor all the treasures of my mind, experience and talent. With enthusiasm I related to her the edifying story of my life, constantly illuminating every detail with a ray of the Great Purpose. (In this I availed myself partly of the material on which I had just been working, preparing my lectures.) The passionate attention with which the strange lady listened to my words, the frequent, deep ...

— The Crushed Flower and Other Stories • Leonid Andreyev

... ray of light shot through a chink in the boarded wall, and came like a straight rainbow across the dusty gray floor and into the corner where he stood stooping. His rope was there right enough, showing itself conspicuously, seeming ...

— The Devil's Garden • W. B. Maxwell

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