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ray

noun
  1. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
  2. any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
  3. the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    re
  4. a column of light (as from a beacon)
    irradiation
  5. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
    beamelectron beam
  6. a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
  7. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
verb
  1. expose to radiation
    irradiate
  2. extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
    radiate
  3. emit as rays
    “That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky”