ray

Definitions of ray in various dictionaries:

noun - a column of light (as from a beacon)

noun - a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

noun - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

noun - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

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

noun - any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

noun - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside

verb - emit as rays

verb - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

verb - expose to radiation

A thin line or narrow beam of light or other radiant energy.

A graphic or other representation of such a line.

Radiance; light.

A small amount; a trace: not a ray of hope left.

A straight line extending from a point.

A structure or part having the form of a straight line extending from a point.

Any of the bright streaks that are seen radiating from some craters on the moon.

Botany.

A ray flower or the corolla of a ray flower.

A branch of an umbel.

Zoology.

One of the bony spines supporting the membrane of a fish’s fin.

Sunshine: Let’s go to the beach and catch some rays.

To send out as rays; emit.

To supply with rays or radiating lines.

To cast rays on; irradiate.

Any of various marine fishes of the order Rajiformes or Batoidei, having cartilaginous skeletons, horizontally flattened bodies, and narrow tails.

verb - to emit rays (narrow beams of light)