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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\ (r[=a]), v. t. [An aphetic form of array; cf.
Beray.]
1. To array. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [Obs.] "The
filth that did it ray." --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\, n.
Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]
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And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray,
staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.]
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.
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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.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting
the fins of fishes.
(b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of
the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
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4. (Physics)
(a) 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.
(b) 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. See Illust.
under Light.
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5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of
vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
eye to the object seen.
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All eyes direct their rays
On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.
--Pope.
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6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through
a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both
directions. See Half-ray.
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Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below.

Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one of two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which does not follow the
ordinary law of refraction.

Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray
divided by double refraction which follows the usual or
ordinary law of refraction.

Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays.

Ray flower, or Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal
flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the
aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an
elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the
disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.

Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays.

Roentgen ray, R["o]ntgen ray (r[~e]nt"g[e^]n r[=a]`)
(Phys.), a form of electromagnetic radiation generated in
a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by an electrical
discharge; now more commonly called X-ray. It is
composed of electromagnetic radiation of wavelength
shorter than that of ultraviolet light but longer than
that of gamma rays. It is capable of passing through many
bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and
fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the
internal structure of opaque objects are made, called
X-rays, radiographs, sciagraphs, X-ray photographs,
radiograms. So called from the discoverer, W. C.
R["o]ntgen.

X ray, the R["o]ntgen ray; -- so called by its discoverer
because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic
symbol for an unknown quantity.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rayed (r[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Raying.] [Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to
irradiate. See Ray, n., and cf. Radiate.]
1. To mark with long lines; to streak. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. [From Ray, n.] To send forth or shoot out; to cause to
shine out; as, to ray smiles. [R.] --Thomson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\, v. i.
To shine, as with rays. --Mrs. Browning.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
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Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.

Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.

Devil ray. See Sea Devil.

Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
Aetobatidae. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also whip ray, and miller.

Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.

Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).

Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
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WordNet ray
n 1: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: 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 [syn: beam, electron beam]
5: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any
major scale in solmization [syn: re]
6: any of the stiff bony rods 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
v 1: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across
the sky"
2: 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"
[syn: radiate]
3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: irradiate]

Moby Dictionary
Reptilia , X ray , actinic ray , actinism , amplitude , antinode , atom ,
atomic beam , atomic ray , beam , beam of light , crest ,
de Broglie wave , diffraction , diffuse , diffusion , disperse ,
dispersion , drop , electromagnetic radiation , electromagnetic wave ,
emanate , emanation , frequency , frequency band , frequency spectrum ,
gamma ray , gleam , guided wave , in phase , infrared ray ,
interference , invisible radiation , jot , leam , light ,
longitudinal wave , lota , mechanical wave , minim , molecule ,
moonbeam , node , out of phase , patch , pencil , period , periodic wave ,
photon , radiance , radiate , radiation , radio wave , radiorays ,
radius , ray of light , reinforcement , resonance ,
resonance frequency , ribbon , ribbon of light , scatter , scattering ,
scrap , seismic wave , shaft , shock wave , shoot , shred , smidgen ,
solar rays , sound wave , spoke , spread , streak , stream ,
stream of light , streamer , sunbeam , surface wave , tidal wave ,
transverse wave , trough , ultraviolet ray , violet ray , wave ,
wave equation , wave motion , wave number , wavelength

Ray, MN Zip code(s): 56669 Ray, ND (city, FIPS 65580) Location: 48.34131 N, 103.16267 W Population (1990): 603 (316 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Ray, OH Zip code(s): 45672

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Housing Units (2000): 9371
Land area (2000): 569.465468 sq. miles (1474.908728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.108651 sq. miles (10.641357 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 573.574119 sq. miles (1485.550085 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO) , FIPS 29
Location: 39.321065 N , 94.023249 W
Headwords:
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Ray , MO
Ray County
Ray County , MO

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Housing Units (2000): 296
Land area (2000): 1.004687 sq. miles (2.602128 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.036858 sq. miles (0.095463 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.041545 sq. miles (2.697591 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65580
Located within: North Dakota (ND) , FIPS 38
Location: 48.344875 N , 103.166292 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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