Main entry: ray
Definition: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
Main entry: ray
Definition: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
Definition: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Main entry: beam, beam of light, shaft, shaft of light, ray, ray of light, irradiation, light beam
Definition: a column of light (as from a beacon)
Main entry: ray, beam, electron beam
Definition: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Main entry: ray
Definition: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
Main entry: ray
Definition: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Definition: expose to radiation
Usage: irradiate food
Definition: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
Usage: spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel; This plants radiate spines in all directions
Main entry: ray
Definition: emit as rays
Usage: That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky