Ray
[reɪ] or [re]
Definition
(noun.) cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins.
(noun.) any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish.
(noun.) a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.
(noun.) (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point.
(verb.) emit as rays; 'That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky'.
Typist: Sean--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To array.
(v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
(n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
(n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
(n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
(n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
(n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
(v. i.) To shine, as with rays.
(n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Beam, gleam.
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Definition
n. the scab—a disease of sheep.
n. array.—v.t. to array—hence ironically (Shak.) to bedaub.
n. a popular name for such flat cartilaginous fishes as the skate thornback and torpedo.—n. Ray′-oil oil prepared from the livers of ray-fish.
n. a line of light or heat: a beam or gleam of intellectual light: a radiating part of any structure: (bot.) the outer part of a flower-cluster.—v.t. to radiate: to furnish with rays.—v.i. to shine out.—adjs. Rayed having rays; Ray′less without rays: destitute of light.
n. (mus.) the second note of the diatonic scale.
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Examples
- I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The ray of light from A at the bottom of the object passes through the lens at an angle, and continues in a straight line until interrupted by the film or plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When a ray of light passes from water or glass into air, the refracted ray is bent away from the perpendicular so that the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At length the sun rose so high that it struck a kindly ray as of hope or protection, directly down upon the old prisoner's head. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The ray _AC_, parallel to the principal axis, will pass through the lens and emerge as _DE_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The most conspicuous element in this is the wide-spread acceptance of the X-ray as a necessary tool of the medical profession. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If the sunbeam strikes the mirror at an angle of 32° with the perpendicular, the path of the reflected ray also makes an angle of 32° with the perpendicular. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dispersion of a ray of white light separates it into its component color rays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its ray tanks were charged only with sufficient repulsive energy to lift two ordinary men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- When a ray of light passes through plane glass, like a window pane, it is shifted somewhat, but its direction does not change; that is, the emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The X-ray was taken at the Ospedale Maggiore and the doctor who did it was excitable, efficient and cheerful. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You are a little depressed, too, said madame, whose quick eyes had never been so intent on the accounts, but they had had a ray or two for him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What an extraordinary sensation that ray sent through me! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I will endure thy sun's scorching rays, O God of Mercy! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In this order, the two come up out of Tom-all-Alone's into the broad rays of the sunlight and the purer air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A solution of nitrate of silver, then called the acid of silver, was known to be peculiarly susceptible to the action of those rays. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- And the rays were hastening in in thin lines of light, to return to the strengthened moon, that shook upon the water in triumphant reassumption. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are invisible rays transmitted through the air in a manner similar to light. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When evening came on, and the last rays of the setting sun penetrated through the side windows, this hall looked like a veritable Faust laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sun was rising, and his first rays struck into the room, as she came back, and put her lips to his. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nor does the thin atmosphere refract the sun's rays or diffuse its light as upon Earth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Refraction is the source of many illusions; bent rays of light make objects appear where they really are not. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the direct rays of the sun, two or three minutes are sufficient to produce the full effect. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- On his flinging open the door the rays of the candle fell upon a woman closely wrapped up, who at once came forward. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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