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Noun ray has 7 senses
- beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation - a column of light (as from a beacon)
--1 is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
--1 has particulars:
- ray - a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
--2 is a kind of pedicel, pedicle
- ray - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
--3 is a kind of vector
- beam, ray, electron beam - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
--4 is a kind of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
--4 has particulars: cathode ray; particle beam
- re, ray - the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
--5 is a kind of solfa syllable
- ray - any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
--6 is a kind of spine
--6 is a part of fin
- ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
--7 is a kind of elasmobranch, selachian
--7 has particulars:
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