| 1. | a narrow beam of light. |
| 2. | a gleam or slight manifestation: a ray of hope. |
| 3. | a raylike line or stretch of something. |
| 4. | light or radiance. |
| 5. | a line of sight. |
| 6. | Physics, Optics.
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| 7. | Mathematics.
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| 8. | any of a system of parts radially arranged. |
| 9. | Zoology.
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| 10. | Botany.
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| 11. | Astronomy. one of many long, bright streaks radiating from some of the large lunar craters. |
| 12. | a prominent upright projection from the circlet of a crown or coronet, having a pointed or ornamented termination. |
| 13. | to emit rays. |
| 14. | to issue in rays. |
| 15. | to send forth in rays. |
| 16. | to throw rays upon; irradiate. |
| 17. | to subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy. |
| 18. | Informal. to make a radiograph of; x-ray. |
| 19. | to furnish with rays or radiating lines. |
| 20. | get or grab some rays, Slang. to relax in the sun, esp. to sunbathe. |
| 1. | John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist. |
| 2. | Man [man] , 1890–1976, U.S. painter and photographer. |
| 3. | Sat⋅ya⋅jit [suht-yuh-jit] , 1921–92, Indian film director. |
| 4. | Cape, a promontory at the SW extremity of Newfoundland, Canada, on the Cabot Strait, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
| 5. | a male given name, form of Raymond. |
| 6. | Also, Raye. a female given name, form of Rachel. |
| Ray, John 1627-1705. 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. |
| Ray, Man 1890-1976. American artist. A founder of Dada in New York, he is known for his photographs, paintings, sculpture, films, and later experiments with surrealism. |
ray (rā)
n.
A narrow beam of light or other electromagnetic radiation.
A narrow beam of particles, as a cathode.
A structure or part having the form of a straight line extending from a point.
Ray (rā), John. 1627-1705.
English naturalist who was the first to use anatomy to distinguish between specific plants and animals. He established the species as the basic classification of living things.