ray

Meanings

• a column of light (as from a beacon)
• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
• cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
• emit as rays
  • "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
• expose to radiation

Synonyms

beam, beam of light, electron beam, irradiate, irradiation, light beam, radiate, ray of light, re, shaft, shaft of light