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  • 61ray — 01. The first [rays] of sunshine were just hitting the house as Martin slowly rose from his bed. 02. There is a [ray] of hope that some passengers may have survived the plane crash. 03. A [ray] of light broke through the clouds. 04. Certain types …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 62ray — 1) a ray (excluding spines) is a flexible, rod like segmented and often branched, bilaterally paired fin support of dermal origin. Rays may be divided into soft rays (as just described) and hard rays or pseudacanths which are ossified, inflexible …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 63Ray — I Rạy,   Stadt bei Teheran, Raj. II Ray   [reɪ],    1) Dvijendralal, indischer Schriftsteller, * Krishnagar (West Bengal) 19. 7. 1863, ✝ Kalkutta 17. 3. 1913. Ray, der bengalisch schrieb, begründet …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 64ray — ray1 noun 1》 each of the lines in which light seems to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening.     ↘the straight line in which light or other electromagnetic radiation travels to a given point.     ↘(rays) a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 65Ray — I. /reɪ/ (say ray) noun 1. John, 1627–1705, English naturalist; provided systematic classifications and descriptions of animal and vegetable life. 2. Johnnie (John Alvin Ray), 1927–90, US pop singer. 3. Man, 1890–1976, US surrealist painter and… …

  • 66ray — 1. noun /reɪ/ a) A beam of light or radiation. I saw a ray of light through the clouds. b) A marine fish with a flat body, large wing like fins, and a whip like tail. Unfortunately he didnt have a ray of hope. 2. verb …

    Wiktionary

  • 67ray — 1. A beam of light, heat, or other form of radiation. The rays from radium and other radioactive substances are produced by a spontaneous disintegration of the atom; they are electrically charged particles or electromagnetic waves of extremely… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 68ray — n. 1) to emit, send forth, send out rays 2) a cathode; cosmic; death; gamma; infrared; ultraviolet; X ray 3) heat; light rays * * * [reɪ] cosmic death gamma infrared light rays send forth send out rays ultraviolet …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 69ray — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a single line or narrow beam of light from a small or distant source. 2 a straight line in which radiation travels to a given point. 3 (in pl.) radiation of a specified type (gamma rays; X rays). 4 a trace or beginning of an… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 70ray — n. [L. radius, ray] 1. One of a number of fine lines radiating from a center. 2. Each arm of the triradiate lumen of nematodes and other pseudocoelomates. 3. A division of a radiate animal …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology