ray

1. a column of light (as from a beacon)

synset: beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray, ray_of_light, shaft, shaft_of_light, irradiation

2. a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

4. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

synset: beam, ray, electron_beam

5. the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

synset: re, ray

6. any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

7. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

1. emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

2. 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"

synset: radiate, ray

3. expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

synset: irradiate, ray

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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