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21ray — [ reı ] noun count * 1. ) usually plural light or heat from the sun: The last rays of the sun were disappearing behind the mountains. Your skin needs protection from the sun s rays. a ) a narrow line of light that you can see coming from the sun… …
22ray — ray1 [rā] n. [OFr rai < L radius: see RADIUS] 1. a) any of the thin lines, or beams, of light that appear to come from a bright source b) a graphic representation of one of these, as in heraldry 2. a) any of several lines radiating …
23ray — the ‘beam of light or energy’ [14] and ray the fish name [14] are two different words. The former comes from rai, the Old French descendant of Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel, ray’ (source also of English radiant, radio, radius, etc). The textile… …
24ray — ray, beam are comparable when they denote a shaft of light. This conception of light as a shaft is fixed in our language but is not always in keeping with modern scientific views of the nature of light. Ray suggests emanation from a center or… …
25ray — the ‘beam of light or energy’ [14] and ray the fish name [14] are two different words. The former comes from rai, the Old French descendant of Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel, ray’ (source also of English radiant, radio, radius, etc). The textile… …
26Ray — (r[=a]), v. t. [An aphetic form of array; cf. {Beray}.] 1. To array. [Obs.] Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [Obs.] The filth that did it ray. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
27Ray — Ray, n. Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
28Ray — (auch Rajus), bei Tiernamen für John Ray (auch Wray, beides spr. rē), geb. 29. Nov. 1628 zu Blacknotley in Essex, Prediger, dann Naturforscher, gest. 17. Jan. 1705 (Systematiker des Tierreichs). Vgl. »Memorials« und »Letters of John R.« (Bd. 5 u …
29Ray — Ray, ND U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 534 Housing Units (2000): 296 Land area (2000): 1.004687 sq. miles (2.602128 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036858 sq. miles (0.095463 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.041545 sq. miles (2.697591 sq.… …
30Ray, ND — U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 534 Housing Units (2000): 296 Land area (2000): 1.004687 sq. miles (2.602128 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.036858 sq. miles (0.095463 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.041545 sq. miles (2.697591 sq. km) FIPS …
