Meaning

9 senses

  1. A beam of light or radiation.

    I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

    Strahl

    лучluč, излуче́ниеizlučénije

    про́міньpróminʹ

    a column of light (as from a beacon)

  2. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

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

  3. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

  4. 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.

  5. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

    Strahl, Halbgerade

    лучluč, полупряма́яpoluprjamája

    про́міньpróminʹ

    (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

  6. Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

    Rochen

    скатskat

    скатskat

  7. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.

  8. (obsolete)Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

  9. (obsolete, uncountable)Array; order; arrangement; dress.

Examples

144 sentences

  1. Let's take an X-ray just in case.

    Зробімо рентген на всяк випадок. — aandrusiak

    ruДавайте сделаем рентген на всякий случай. — odexed

    deWir machen vorsichtshalber mal eine Röntgenaufnahme. — raggione

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  2. Ultraviolet rays are harmful to us.

    deUltraviolette Strahlen sind schädlich für uns. — landano

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  3. Ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer.

    ruУльтрафиолетовые лучи могут вызвать рак кожи. — afyodor

    deUltraviolette Strahlung kann Hautkrebs verursachen. — bonny37

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  4. We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.

    ruМы обнаружили аномалию на вашей рентгенограмме. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben eine Auffälligkeit auf Ihrem Röntgenbild entdeckt. — Wolf

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  5. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes from ultraviolet rays.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
beam of light or radiation:
marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail:
Русский
By meaning 3
beam of light or radiation:
mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point:
marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
beam of light or radiation:
mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point:
marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail:

Origin

Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”

Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.

From Middle English raye, rayȝe, from Old French raie, from Latin raia, of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English reyhhe, reihe, reȝge (“ray, skate”), from Old English reohhe (“ray”).

Shortened from array.

From its sound, by analogy with the letters chay, jay, gay, kay, which it resembles graphically.

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Forms

plural: rays
Singularray
Pluralrays

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

51 related words
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rawA2razerazorB1
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