RAY

Definition

1. verb emit as rays.
2. verb extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center. — synonyms: radiate
3. verb expose to radiation. — synonyms: irradiate
4. noun a column of light (as from a beacon). — synonyms: beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray_of_light, shaft, shaft_of_light, irradiation
5. noun a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.
6. noun (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point.
7. noun a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. — synonyms: beam, electron_beam
8. noun the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization. — synonyms: re
9. noun any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish.
10. noun cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside.