ray, n.
(rays)
freq. cnt. 12
(rays)
freq. cnt. 12
a column of light (as from a beacon)
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
beam beam of light irradiation light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light
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a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
<noun.plant> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
ray
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cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
<noun.animal>
ray
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any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
<noun.animal>
ray
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
<noun.communication>
ray re
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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
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beam electron beam ray
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(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
<noun.shape>
ray
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