ray
Signification (English)
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- A beam of light or radiation.
- A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
- One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
- A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
- (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
- A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
- (colloquial) A tiny amount.
Concepts
Synonyms
beam of light
light beam
shaft of light
electron beam
shower bath
emit light
gleam of hope
one road
rays of the sun
half line
hidden treasure
seismic ray
seismic raypath
raypath
ray floret
ray flower
treat with rays
holland skate
rayfish
luminous beam
radiating ridge
lunar rays
stingrey
clearness
devil ray
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɹeɪ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.
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