| ray | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light | a column of light (as from a beacon). |
| ~ heat ray | a ray that produces a thermal effect. |
| ~ high beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination. |
| ~ light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation.; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" |
| ~ moon-ray, moon ray, moonbeam | a ray of moonlight. |
| ~ sunbeam, sunray | a ray of sunlight. |
| ~ laser beam | a beam of light generated by a laser. |
| ~ low beam | the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance. |
| n. (plant) | 2. ray | a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence. |
| ~ pedicel, pedicle | a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle. |
| n. (shape) | 3. ray | (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ vector | a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. beam, electron beam, ray | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. |
| ~ cathode ray | a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube. |
| ~ electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation | radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge. |
| ~ particle beam | a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules). |
| n. (communication) | 5. ray, re | the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization. |
| ~ solfa syllable | one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization. |
| n. (animal) | 6. ray | any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish. |
| ~ spine | a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin. |
| ~ fin | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. |
| n. (animal) | 7. ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins. |
| ~ elasmobranch, selachian | any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates. |
| ~ crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedo | any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges. |
| ~ sawfish | primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout. |
| ~ guitarfish | primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body. |
| ~ stingray | large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds. |
| ~ eagle ray | powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays. |
| ~ manta ray, manta, devilfish | extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned. |
| ~ skate | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins. |
| v. (weather) | 8. ray | emit as rays.; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" |
| ~ give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| v. (stative) | 9. radiate, ray | extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" |
| ~ extend, run, lead, pass, go | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| v. (change) | 10. irradiate, ray | expose to radiation.; "irradiate food" |
| ~ bombard | direct high energy particles or radiation against. |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| spoke | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. radius, spoke, wheel spoke | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim. |
| ~ bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle. |
| ~ cartwheel | a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| ~ wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. rundle, rung, spoke | one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder. |
| ~ crosspiece | a transverse brace. |
| ~ ladder | steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down. |
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