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Definition of to ray in English English dictionary: A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae; A surname from a Middle English nickname meaning a king or a roe; A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name; A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail; A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin; A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point; {n} a beam of light, line, fish, herb, leaf; {v} to streak, mark with long lines, adorn; Any of the cartilaginous fishes of the order Batoidei, related to sharks and placed with them in the class Chondrichthyes; {i} male first name; family name; James Earl Ray (1928-1998), alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr; a diminutive of Raymond; To mark with long lines; to streak; Array; order; arrangement; dress; a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation; a tiny amount; One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes; Rays of light are narrow beams of light. the first rays of light spread over the horizon The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet. see also cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-ray; A rib like reinforcing of bone or cartilage in a fishs fin; The supporting structure in the fins which is striated and often branched; A ribbon like figure caused by the strands of cells which extend across the grain in quarter sawn lumber; A translated half-line: {x + th: t >= 0}, where h is a recession direction We call x the root, and we say the ray is rooted at x (Also see extreme ray ); 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; is a closed half-line; a line having one endpoint; A beam of electromagnetic energy following an elemental path perpendicular to the radiation's wave front; (of wood) Radial strands of living cells concerned with the transport of water and food; 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; An anglicised spelling of re; To radiate as if in rays; A ray of hope, comfort, or other positive quality is a small amount of it that you welcome because it makes a bad situation seem less bad. They could provide a ray of hope amid the general business and economic gloom = glimmer. A promontory of extreme southwest Newfoundland, Canada, on Cabot Strait. English naturalist who was the first to use anatomy to distinguish between specific plants and animals and established "species" as the basic classification of living things. American artist. A founder of Dada in New York, he is known for his photographs, paintings, sculpture, films, and later experiments with surrealism. Bengali filmmaker whose works, especially the trilogy including The World of Apu (1958), offer a contemplative depiction of Bengali life. Any of various marine fishes of the order Rajiformes or Batoidei, having cartilaginous skeletons, horizontally flattened bodies, and narrow tails. Any of 300-350 mostly marine species of cartilaginous fish (order Batoidei) found worldwide and classified as electric rays, sawfishes, skates, and stingrays. Many species are slow-moving bottom-dwellers. The gill openings and mouth are on the underside of the flattened body. Winglike pectoral fins extend along the sides of the head. All but electric rays have a long, slender tail, often with saw-edged, venomous spines, and rough, often spiny, skin. See also manta ray. cathode ray oscilloscope whip tailed ray Bob and Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas cathode ray cathode ray tube Charles Ray Ray Charles Robinson cosmic ray Delany Samuel Ray Eames Charles and Ray electric ray gamma ray gamma ray astronomy Leonard Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard Man Ray manta ray devil ray Milland Ray Ray James Earl Ray John Ray Nicholas Ray Satyajit Robinson Sugar Ray Alvin Ray Rozelle X ray X ray astronomy X ray diffraction; To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile; A geometric representation of a lightwave by a line normal to the electromagnetic wavefront; i e , in the direction of propagation of the wave [FAA]; expose to radiation; "irradiate food"; 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; Streak of material blasted out and away from an impact crater; To array; Given a region G c R2 A ray is a piecewise linear path with corners lying on a point p at the boundary of G respecting the usual law of reflection with the tangent line at p Given a region H c R3, the ray behaves as in R2 with the tangent plane Further, the incident and reflected portion of a ray are coplanar with the surface normal at p; A straight line with one endpoint The line extends infinitely; To emit something as if in rays; the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization; The ray AC consists of segment AC and all other points P such that C is between A and P The point named first, here A, is the endpoint of Ray AC; any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish; {i} beam; flicker, gleam; trace or hint of something (i.e. ray of hope); A straight line that begins at a point and continues outward in one direction (cfLines, Rays and Planes); In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays; One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions; A beam of light or radiation; To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles; cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins; 1 An elemental path of radiated energy; or the energy following this path It is perpendicular to the phase fronts of the radiation See incident ray, reflected ray, refracted ray; To shine, as with rays; under Light; a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence; 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; A line representing the direction of a wave motion; a column of light (as from a beacon); 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"; Any of the bony spines that support a fish fin membrane; (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point; A geometric representaion of a light path through an optical medium - a line normal to the wave front indicating the direction of radiant energy flow; The flat petal-like blades that encircle the disk in composite flowers; Ray AB is the part of that contains point A and all the points on that are on the same side of A as B Point A is the endpoint of (Lesson 2 1); A single line of light from a luminous point A line showing the direction of propagation of light; a streaky and linear (or sometimes ropy) albedo feature that are arranged radially around some lunar craters They are probably the result of several combined actions, including impact ground surge depositing fine ejecta on the surface, and small secondary cratering and consequent gardening of the surface around a ray See also sunrise/sunset ray; emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"; One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran; (n) An entity of unspecified length, but no depth or breadth, that extends into infinity from a specified point In computer graphics, ray is a common term used, when rendering a scene, to describe the path a light ray follows; Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen; The radial division of an echinoderm, ie arm of a starfish; one of the showy, petal-like florets surrounding the flower head in the Aster Family