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    ray
    [rā]
    noun
    ray (noun) · rays (plural noun) · fin ray (noun) · fin rays (plural noun)
    1. each of the lines in which light (and heat) may seem to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening:
      "a ray of sunlight came through the window"
      • the straight line in which light or other electromagnetic radiation travels to a given point:
        "take a specific point and back-trace every ray of light that hits that point"
      • (rays)
        a specified form of nonluminous radiation:
        "water reflects and intensifies UV rays"
      • informal
        (rays)
        sunlight considered in the context of sunbathing:
        "Sarah's catching some rays on a beach in Cruz Bay"
      • an initial or slight indication of a positive or welcome quality in a time of difficulty or trouble:
        "if only I could see some ray of hope"
    2. geometry
      a straight line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point:
      "the ray that runs from the center of the circle to the point of tangency"
    3. a thing that is arranged radially.
      • botany
        (in a composite flower head of the daisy family) an array of ray florets arranged radially around the central disc, forming the white part of the flower head of a daisy.
      • zoology
        each of the long, slender bony protuberances supporting the fins of most bony fishes.
      • zoology
        each radial arm of a starfish.
    verb
    ray (verb) · rays (third person present) · rayed (past tense) · rayed (past participle) · raying (present participle)
    1. spread from or as if from a central point:
      "delicate lines rayed out at each corner of her eyes"
      Similar:
      spread out
      radiate out
      • literary
        radiate (light):
        "the sun rays forth its natural light into the air"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French rai, based on Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
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