 11 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ray
noun
1: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: {beam}, {beam of
light}, {light beam}, {ray of light}, {shaft}, {shaft of
light}, {irradiation}]
2: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
3: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
4: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic
radiation [syn: {beam}, {electron beam}]
5: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any
major scale in solmization [syn: {re}]
6: any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
7: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies
and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the
underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
verb
1: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across
the sky"
2: 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"
[syn: {radiate}]
3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: {irradiate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\ (r[=a]), verb (used with an object) [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 filth that did it ray.'' --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\, noun
Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]
And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\, noun [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 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}.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
--Pope.
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 of 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}, or {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["o]ntgen ray} (r[~e]nt"g[e^]n r[=a]') (Phys.), a kind of
ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by
the electrical discharge; now more commonly called
{X-ray}. It is composed of electromagnetic radiation of
wavelength shorter than that of ultraviolet light, and 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, sciagraphs,
X-ray photographs, radiograms, or X-rays. So called from
the discoverer, W. C. R["o]ntgen.
{X ray}, the R["o]ntgen ray; -- so called by its discoverer
because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic
symbol for an unknown quantity.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rayed} (r[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Raying}.] [Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to
irradiate. See {Ray}, noun, and cf. {Radiate}.]
1. To mark with long lines; to streak. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. [From {Ray}, noun] To send forth or shoot out; to cause to
shine out; as, to ray smiles. [R.] --Thomson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\, verb (used without an object)
To shine, as with rays. --Mrs. Browning.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ray \Ray\, noun [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Rai[ae], 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['a]rinari}) 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[ae]}, or
{[AE]tobatid[ae]}. 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[ae]} having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
{stingaree}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "ray":
Reptilia, X ray, actinic ray, actinism, amplitude, antinode, atom,
atomic beam, atomic ray, beam, beam of light, crest,
de Broglie wave, diffraction, diffuse, diffusion, disperse,
dispersion, drop, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave,
emanate, emanation, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum,
gamma ray, gleam, guided wave, in phase, infrared ray,
interference, invisible radiation, jot, leam, light,
longitudinal wave, lota, mechanical wave, minim, molecule,
moonbeam, node, out of phase, patch, pencil, period, periodic wave,
photon, radiance, radiate, radiation, radio wave, radiorays,
radius, ray of light, reinforcement, resonance,
resonance frequency, ribbon, ribbon of light, scatter, scattering,
scrap, seismic wave, shaft, shock wave, shoot, shred, smidgen,
solar rays, sound wave, spoke, spread, streak, stream,
stream of light, streamer, sunbeam, surface wave, tidal wave,
transverse wave, trough, ultraviolet ray, violet ray, wave,
wave equation, wave motion, wave number, wavelength
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ray, MN
Zip code(s): 56669
Ray, ND (city, FIPS 65580)
Location: 48.34131 N, 103.16267 W
Population (1990): 603 (316 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Ray, OH
Zip code(s): 45672
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ray, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 534
Housing Units (2000): 296
Land area (2000): 1.004687 sq. miles (2.602128 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.036858 sq. miles (0.095463 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.041545 sq. miles (2.697591 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65580
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.344875 N, 103.166292 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ray, ND
Ray
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ray -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 23354
Housing Units (2000): 9371
Land area (2000): 569.465468 sq. miles (1474.908728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.108651 sq. miles (10.641357 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 573.574119 sq. miles (1485.550085 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.321065 N, 94.023249 W
Headwords:
Ray
Ray, MO
Ray County
Ray County, MO
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