Definition of Ray

Noun: ray  rey

  1. A column of light (as from a beacon)
    - 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
    - beam, electron beam
     
  5. The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    - re
     
  6. Any of the stiff bony spines 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: ray  rey
  1. Emit as rays
    "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
     
  2. Extend or spread outward from a centre or focus or inward towards a centre
    "spokes ray from the hub of the wheel";
    - radiate
     
  3. Expose to radiation
    - irradiate

See also:
raxing
raya

Anagrams containing the word ray

rya yra ayr