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A ray is a beam of light or radiation. Even on cloudy days, you sometimes see a ray of sunlight shine through the clouds.

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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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any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish

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

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a column of light (as from a beacon)

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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

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a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

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(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

Verb
expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

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extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"

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emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

v. t.
To array.

v. t.
To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.

n.
Array; order; arrangement; dress.

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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.

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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.

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One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.

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One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

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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.

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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.

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Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

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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.

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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.

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In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.

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Ray , v. t. [An aphetic form of array; cf. Beray.] 1. To array. [Obs.] Sir T. More. 2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [Obs.] "The fifth that did it ray." Spenser.

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Ray, n. Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]

And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray.

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Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.] 1. 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. 2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the 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. 3. (Zo'94l.) (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. 4. (Physics) (a) 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. (b) 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. 5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.

6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray. Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below. -- Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. -- Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. -- Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays. -- Ray flower, ∨ Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. -- Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. -- R'94ntgen ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs. So called from the discoverer, W. C. R'94ntgen. -- X ray, the R'94ntgen ray; -- so called by its discoverer because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity.

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Ray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Raying.] [Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to irradiate. See Ray, n., and cf. Radiate.]1. To mark with long lines; to streak. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. [From Ray, n.] To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. [R.] Thompson. Ray Ray, v. t. To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning. Ray Ray, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zo'94l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai'91, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray (Stoasodon n'85rinari) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. -- Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray (Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins. -- Devil ray. See Sea Devil. -- Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatid'91, or '92tobatid'91. The common European species (Myliobatis aquila) is called also whip ray, and miller. -- Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo. -- Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata). -- Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the family Trygonid'91 having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also stingaree. To array. Array; order; arrangement; dress. 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. To mark with long lines; to streak. To shine, as with rays. Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai'91, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.

... Usage Examples Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing. I just did a part in 'Sin City 2.' I got to do a scene with Ray Liotta. Amazing man, extraordinary gentleman who was just so kind to me... I'm so excited about that I think it's gonna be very cool. Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way. Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.' Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. I stand before you as the governor of Texas but also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. Ray Perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over Europe to work his little corner of land out there and Amelia who made sure that my sister Milla and I had everything that we needed, included hand sewing my clothes until I went off to college. Misspelled Formray, eray, 4ray, 5ray, tray, fray, eay, 4ay, 5ay, tay, fay, reay, r4ay, r5ay, rtay, rfay, rqay, rway, rsay, rzay, rqy, rwy, rsy, rzy, raqy, rawy, rasy, razy, raty, ra6y, ra7y, rauy, rahy, rat, ra6, ra7, rau, rah, rayt, ray6, ray7, rayu, rayh. Other Usage ExamplesWhether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise. The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. He was doing - Ray was designing the clothes for my mom's show from California. And one of the first appearances I ever made on television was on my mother's show and Ray and Bob did the clothes for that. It has been a long time. I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal. Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry. Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.

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