Etymology : Middle English raye, from Middle French raie, from Latin raia
Pronunciation : rA
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. railroad track.
2. male first name; family name; James Earl Ray (1928-1998), alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. beam; flicker, gleam; trace or hint of something (i.e. ray of hope). radiate, give off rays, produce beams. ray\ray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. rayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. raying.] [cf. of. raier, raiier, rayer, l. radiare to irradiate. see:
ray, n., and cf. radiate.].
3. to mark with long lines; to streak. [obs.].
4. [from ray, n.] to send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. [r.] --thompson.ray \ray\, v. t. to shine, as with rays. browning.ray \ray\, n. [f. raie, l. raia. cf. roach.] (zo?l.) (a) any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order rai?, 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.
5. rail. track.
6. To array.
7. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
8. Array; order; arrangement; dress.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. See Radius.
12. One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
13. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. See Illust. under Light.
17. Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
18. One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions.
19. See Half-ray.
20. To mark with long lines; to streak.
21. To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
22. To shine, as with rays.
23. Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
24. In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays.
25. See Skate. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence a straight line extending from a point emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky".
26. track, rail, runner. rail, track. (railway, streetcar) rail, track. ray dan/ ray yndan çykmak (for something) to go haywire, go awry, get balled up. ray a/ ray yna girmek (for something) to begin to go smoothly. ray a/ ray yna oturtmak/sokmak /y/ to set (something) to rights, make (a job) go smoothly. rail.
27. guide. runner. track. rail. iron road.
28. 1. Rays of light are narrow beams of light. the first rays of light spread over the horizon The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet. see also:
cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-ray.
29. A ray of hope, comfort, or other positive quality is a small amount of it that you welcome because it makes a bad situation seem less bad. They could provide a ray of hope amid the general business and economic gloom = glimmer. A promontory of extreme southwest Newfoundland, Canada, on Cabot Strait. English naturalist who was the first to use anatomy to distinguish between specific plants and animals and established "species" as the basic classification of living things. American artist. A founder of Dada in New York, he is known for his photographs, paintings, sculpture, films, and later experiments with surrealism. Bengali filmmaker whose works, especially the trilogy including The World of Apu (1958), offer a contemplative depiction of Bengali life. Any of various marine fishes of the order Rajiformes or Batoidei, having cartilaginous skeletons, horizontally flattened bodies, and narrow tails. Any of 300-350 mostly marine species of cartilaginous fish (order Batoidei) found worldwide and classified as electric rays, sawfishes, skates, and stingrays. Many species are slow-moving bottom-dwellers. The gill openings and mouth are on the underside of the flattened body. Winglike pectoral fins extend along the sides of the head. All but electric rays have a long, slender tail, often with saw-edged, venomous spines, and rough, often spiny, skin. See also manta ray. cathode ray oscilloscope whip tailed ray Bob and Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas cathode ray cathode ray tube Charles Ray Ray Charles Robinson cosmic ray Delany Samuel Ray Eames Charles and Ray electric ray gamma ray gamma ray astronomy Leonard Sugar Ray Ray Charles Leonard Man Ray manta ray devil ray Milland Ray Ray James Earl Ray John Ray Nicholas Ray Satyajit Robinson Sugar Ray Alvin Ray Rozelle X ray X ray astronomy X ray diffraction.
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