Ray
Definition of Ray
Pronunciation: rād v. t. | 1. | To array. | | 2. | To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. | n. | 1. | Array; order; arrangement; dress. | | 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. | (Zool.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. | | 4. | (Physics) 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. | | 5. | Sight; perception; vision; - from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. | | 6. | (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray. | v. t. | 1. | To mark with long lines; to streak. | | 2. | To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. | v. i. | 1. | To shine, as with rays. | n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. |
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