ray is the dictionary form of rayed Definition of ray
ray has definitions from the fields of zoology,music,linguistics,physics,botany,mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (physics) a column of light (as from a beacon)
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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 132
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[ noun ] (botany) a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
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[ verb ] expose to radiation

Synonyms

irradiate

Examples

"irradiate food"

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[ verb ] emit as rays

Examples

That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky."

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[ noun ] (zoology) any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
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[ verb ] extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

Synonyms

radiate

Examples

"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel" "This plants radiates spines in all directions"

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[ verb ] send out real or metaphoric rays

Synonyms

radiate

Examples

"She radiates happiness"

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[ noun ] (physics) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Synonyms

beam electron_beam

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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1348
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[ noun ] (music,linguistics) the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

Synonyms

re

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 173
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[ noun ] (zoology) cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
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