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Definition: Ray |
RayNoun1. A column of light (as from a beacon). 2. A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence. 3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point. 4. A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. 5. The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization. 6. Any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish. 7. Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins. Verb1. Emit as rays; " That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky.". 2. Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions". 3. Expose to radiation; "irradiate food". 4. Send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Ray" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the advice", "a protector". |
Date "ray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. An elemental path of radiated energy; or the energy following this path. It is perpendicular to the phase fronts of the radiation. See incident ray, reflected ray, refracted ray. 2. One of a series of lines diverging from a common point, as radii from the center of a circle.3. A long, narrow, light colored streak on the lunar surface originating from a crater. Rays range in length to over 150 kilometers and usually several radiate from the same crater, like spokes of a wheel. (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | A ribbon-like aggregate of storage and conducting cells extending radially in the xylem and phloem. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A ribbon-like aggregate of cells extending radially in the xylem and phloem. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Vector normal to the wave surface, indicating the direction and sometimes the velocity of propagation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The radiation within a lobe of a directional system or the region of space illuminated by this radiation ; a concentrated unidirectional flow of electromagnetic waves, as from a radar aerial, a microwave relay aerial, or an A-N radio range aerial array. The beam here is a major lobe of the aerial radiation pattern and is restricted to a small solid angle in space. Source: European Union. (references) |
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John Ray (November 29, 1627 - January 17, 1705) was an English naturalist.Ray was born in the village of Black Notley, near Braintree, in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. He is said to have been born in the smithy, his father having been the local blacksmith.
He published important works on plants, animals, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. Thus he advanced scientific empiricism against the deductive rationalism of the scholastics.
In 1986, to mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Ray’s Historia Plantarum, there was a celebration of Ray’s legacy in Braintree. A "John Ray Gallery" was opened in Braintree Museum. The curator of this is Leslie Killin.
- John Ray Gallery
- Causeway House
- Bocking End
- Braintree
- CM7 6HB
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In Euclidean geometry, a ray, or half-line, given two distinct points A (the origin) and B on the ray, is set of points C on the line containing points A and B such that A is not strictly between C and B.
O----O-----*---> A B CIn geometric optics a ray is a curve describing the direction in which light or other electromagnetic radiation is propagated. The ray in geometric optics is perpendicular to the wavefront in physical optics.
In most simple cases, light rays within a given medium are straight lines. Light passing from one medium to another undergoes refraction or total internal reflection following Snell's law.
See also:
- diffraction
- For the fish, see ray (fish).
- See also James Earl Ray.
- For the city see Ray (city)
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Ray (also spelled Rayy, Rages) is the most historic city in the province of Tehran (Iran), most notably it is the birthplace of Rhazes. The city is estimated to have somewhere around 2000-3000 years of age. It was built during the Median Empire. After the Mongol invasion the town was severely damaged and it gradually lost its importance in the presence of Tehran. Despite its historic significance it is not qualified as an important tourist attraction.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ray (city)."
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Rays (Batidoidimorpha, formerly Rajiformes) are a group of cartilaginous fishes. They are extremely flat but closely related to the sharks. According to recent DNA analyses the cat shark is more closely related to the rays than to other sharks. Young rays look very much like young sharks.Most rays live at the bottom of the sea. Only a few species live in the open sea or in freshwater. Rays feed on crustaceans or fish, depending on the species. No ray is dangerous to men.
For the classification of rays see Chondrichthyes.
For the main types of rays see eagle rays, manta rays, electric rays, sawfishes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ray (fish)."
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Raymond Douglas Davies (born June 21, 1944 in Muswell Hill, London) is the singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter with The Kinks, which he founded with his brother, Dave, in 1963. A versatile artist, he has also acted, directed and produced shows for the theatre and television.Davies wrote a semi-fictional memoir called X-Ray and also a book of short stories entitled Storyteller.
He has released two albums under his own name, the 1985 release Return to Waterloo and in 1998 The Storyteller.
Davies is described as "openly manic-depressive".
External link
- manic-depression site
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ray Davies."
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Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (December 15, 1912 - August 21, 1988) was an American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker who, together with her husband Charles, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century. She was born in Sacramento, California. Having lived in a number of cities during her youth, in 1933 she moved to New York, where she studied abstract painting with Hans Hofmann.In September 1940 she began studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Cranbrook, Michigan, where she met Charles Eames, marrying him the following year. Settling in Los Angeles, California, Charles and Ray Eames would lead an outstanding career in design and architecture (for details see "Charles Eames").
Ray Eames died in Los Angeles in 1988, ten years to the day after Charles.
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Ray Mancini (born March 4, 1961) was an American boxer from Youngstown, Ohio, who was given the nickname Boom Boom because of his whirlwind fighting style.Mancini's father, Lenny Mancini, was a top ranked contender during the 1940s who was considered by many to be a future world champion. His dream, however was dashed after he was wounded during World War II. He returned to boxing, but his physical problems prevented him from fullfilling his potential.
Lenny became young Ray's inspiration and Ray started going to the gym at a young age. Ray had a stellar amateur career and in 1978, he made the jump to the professional ranks. His whirlwind punching style caught the eyes of network executives at several American television networks, and he became a regular on their sports programming.
Ray during this time beat some very good boxers, like former United States champion Norman Goins,
His first world title attempt came in his next bout, vs. Alexis Arguello. It was chosen by many, including Ring Magazine and ESPN as one of the most spectacular bouts of the 1980s, and Mancini gave Arguello trouble, but the more experienced champion used his experience to his advantage and took out the challenger in 14 rounds. Mancini was saddened by his first defeat, but not about to give up on his dream.
Six months later, he challenged the new world champion, Arturo Frias, for the world title. It was one of the most spectacular first rounds of history, and up until the Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns bout 3 years later, it was recognized as "the" most spectacular first round ever. 15 seconds into the fight, the fast starting champion caught Mancini with a right to the chin and Mancini shook. Another combination made Mancini start bleeding from his eyebrow. Mancini stormed back and dropped the champion right in the center of the ring with a spectacualr combination. Dazed and surprised, Frias got back up, but Mancini went after his prey with a fury, and was on top of him the moment the referee said they could go on, trapping him against the ropes. After many unanswered blows, the referee stopped the fight, and the Mancini family finally had a world champion: Ray Boom Boom Mancini.
Before his confrontation with Frias and during training camp in Tucson, three unwanted visitors, gunmen, paid a visit to Mancini at his hotel. The gunmen were told he was not there, they never came back, and Mancini trained with police surveillance until the fight.
Mancini's first defense, against former world champion Ernesto Espana, went smoothly with a Mancini knockout win in 6 rounds, but his next defense would change both his life and the face of boxing: On November 13th, 1982, he met South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim. Kim had to lose several pounds before the fight to make the weight, and was dehydrated. By fight time, Kim was spent. It was, according to many observers, a fight filled with action, but Mancini had an easy time hitting Kim during the 14 rounds the fight lasted. Kim's sustained brain injuries that led to his death 5 days later. The week after his death, the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine showed Mancini and Kim battling, under the title Tragedy In The Ring.
Mancini went to the funeral in South Korea, but he fell into a deep depression afterwards. He had to take a vacation from boxing, to search himself spiritually. This was the hardest blow for him in life. He has healed from it, but he always carries this emotional wound. He has said publicly that the hardest part is when people approach him and ask him if he was the boxer who killed Duk Koo Kim. He says it's hard to try to make people understand he didn't kill anyone, and that Kim's death was a regrettable accident he wishes he'd never been a part of.
As a consequence of the fight, studies were carried out, which revealed that usually a boxer receives most of his or her punishment after round 12, and because of that finding, the WBC soon shortened its title bouts to a 12 round distance. The WBA and WBO followed in 1988 and the IBF did in 1989.
Mancini began the process of getting his life back together by putting on gloves, and he went to Italy to fight British champion George Feeney, a tough guy from England. Mancini won a 10 round decision, but he was not the Ray Mancini of old.
He defended his title twice more, including one against double world champion Bobby Chacon on HBO. The overmatched Mexican boxer lasted only 3 rounds and, to the fans at least, the old Boom Boom seemed to be back. He was, however, planning to get out of the sport and into a less violent trade: Acting.
In June of 1984, Mancini, obviously still feeling the effects of the immediate shock after the tragedy, put on a brave effort to retain his title in a wild slugfest vs Livingstone Bramble in Buffalo, New York. It was to be another Mancini all-out style bout, this time he came on the losing end, defeated after 14 intense rounds. He gave up his title, but not before a brave effort, the immediate result of which was an overnight stay at an hospital and 71 stitches around his eye.
Mancini was not done, and he would come back twice again for world title attempts, one of which produced the now famous phrase of his: 'If you stop it, I'll kill ya!!!'. He said that to referee Mills Lane, who refereed his rematch with Bramble, which he lost after another noble effort by a close but unanimous 15 round decision in 1985. His next attempt would come in 1988, but this time he was outboxed by Hector 'Macho' Camacho, losing a unanimous decision.
Mancini retired officially in 1993, leaving a record of 29-5 with 23 knockouts and a very touching and inspiring story as a brave world champion who won the title for his family, as well as for himself.
He has also realized his Hollywood dreams and has acted and produced in a handful of movies. He resides currently in Beverly Hills, California.
He remains very accessible to his fans and loves taking photos, talking to them and signing autographs for them.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ray Mancini."
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Ray is a city located in Williams County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 534.Geography
Ray is located at 48°20'42" North, 103°9'59" West (48.344875, -103.166292)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.85% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 534 people, 232 households, and 154 families residing in the city. The population density is 206.2/km² (531.5/mi²). There are 296 housing units at an average density of 114.3/km² (294.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.06% White, 0.00% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.37% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 232 households out of which 27.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% are married couples living together, 4.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% are non-families. 32.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.90. In the city the population is spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,563, and the median income for a family is $41,771. Males have a median income of $34,063 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,064. 3.7% of the population and 2.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ray, North Dakota."
Synonyms: RaySynonyms: beam (n), beam of light (n), electron beam (n), light beam (n), ray of light (n), re (n), shaft (n), shaft of light (n), irradiate (v), radiate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Content | Noun: content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind; serenity; cheerfulness; ray of comfort; comfort; (well-being). |
Hope | Beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel. |
Intellect | Phrase: ens rationis; frons est animi janua; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; mens sola loco non exulat; " my mind is my kingdom "; " stern men with empires in their brains "; " the mind, the music breathing from her face "; " thou living ray of intellectual Fire ". |
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Screenplays | You still the same Bobby Ray from last night (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) You're always there for me, Ray (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) Hey Ray, I got a great idea (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass) Rall Ray it right row, rour romma reats rat roop (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera) Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday, but, mister you ain't seen a ray of light since you got here (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) | |
Lyrics | I see a ray of light (When I See You Smile; performing artist: Bad English) '49 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) Every darkest sky has a shining ray (Private Emotion; performing artist: Ricky Martin) I just can't take no more of Billy Ray (Achy Breaky Song; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ray Stevens Show (1970) Ray Master l'inafferrabile (1966) Deadly Ray from Mars (1966) Cosmic Ray (1962) Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1961) | |
Song Titles | Smoking Like A Ray Gun (performing artist: The John Ewing Band) Ray Of Light (performing artist: Madonna) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Carl I. Aslakson on right - Ray Tryon on left. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plane table work at Station Dove Hubert Paton, Ray Tryon, and Dryman. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A Cow-nosed ray - Rhinoptera bonasus - near the surface, near the mouth of the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A huge sting ray off the Carolinas. This fish was put back in the water alive. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Letting the sting ray go. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Mr. Ray DeLucia sketching Coggeshall Cove. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Spotted eagle ray soars over Florida Keys reefs. Aetobatus sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Manta ray rises from the sand at the base of a Carolina reef. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Large ray buried in sand. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | A Manta Ray blocks out the sun. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
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| "Manta Ray close up 1" by Pedro Sostre Commentary: "Close up of a manta ray." | "Ray II" by Florian Geiger Commentary: "RayII." |
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 | A repetitive metallic melody with ray gun style tones in background. |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Ray | Never meet trouble half-way. |
| Children are poor men's riches. | |
| Diseases are the tax on pleasures. | |
| If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. | |
| Many without punishment, none without sin. | |
| Industry is fortunes right hand, and frugality its left. | |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the utilities of the world. |
Ray Bradbury | I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. |
| First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. | |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A ray of humour, now and then, would make its way through the veil of dim obstruction, and glimmer pleasantly upon our faces |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But this ray quickly faded away |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | An upper GI series is an x ray of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. (references) | |
The high energy ray is absorbed as it passes through food, and gives up its energy. (references) | ||
If a narrow large intestine shows on the x ray, the doctor knows HD might be the problem. (references) | ||
Business | The refurbishment, under Japanese ODA for the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, is a good example. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | In 1999 military and civilian police detained, tortured, beat, and otherwise abused two journalists from The Standard, Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto, who reported in a story that 23 army officers were arrested in connection with a planned military coup. (references) |
Economic History | Brazil | According to Abinne -- the Brazilian Association of the Electro-Electronics Industry -- imports of semi conductors account for approximately 50 percent of Brazilian imports of electronic components followed by passive components and cathode ray tubes. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability, as a domestic horse to the hitching-post, but in romance it ranges at will over the entire region of the imagination -- free, lawless, immune to bit and rein. Your novelist is a poor creature, as Carlyle might say -- a mere reporter. He may invent his characters and plot, but he must not imagine anything taking place that might not occur, albeit his entire narrative is candidly a lie. Why he imposes this hard condition on himself, and "drags at each remove a lengthening chain" of his own forging he can explain in ten thick volumes without illuminating by so much as a candle's ray the black profound of his own ignorance of the matter. There are great novels, for great writers have "laid waste their powers" to write them, but it remains true that far and away the most fascinating fiction that we have is "The Thousand and One Nights." |
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David Gest | I think if we could have shown our reality, Liza with Ray Charles. Even Liza with Kelly. Anybody, because she did want to perform, and said she would come back, it would have been so much fun for the viewers to watch. |
Liza Minnelli | Well, I, you know, loved singing with Ray Charles. And I'm so glad you're coming to the show. I'm so glad you liked the record. |
Robert Novak | Commissioner Ray Kelly, President Bush's homeland security reorganization doesn't touch the FBI, doesn't touch the CIA. It puts a lot of agencies in this new department. |
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| "Ray" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.05% of the time. "Ray" is used about 1,983 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86.05% | 1,706 | 4,918 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.95% | 277 | 17,585 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,983 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ray" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ray | First name Female | 5,000 | 1,348 |
| Ray | First name Male | 153,000 | 132 |
| Ray | Last name | 55,000 | 173 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Ray" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the advice", "a protector". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ray". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Rashmi | Female | Indian | A ray of sun |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Ray." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Ramon | Male | Catalan | Raymond |
| Raimund | Male | Dutch | Raymond |
| Ray | Male | English | Raymond |
| Raymond | Male | English | N/A |
| Raymund | Male | English | Raymond |
| Raymond | Male | French | N/A |
| Raymonde | Female | French | Raymond |
| Raimund | Male | German | Raymond |
| Raimunde | Female | German | Raymond |
| Reimund | Male | German | Raymond |
| Réamann | Male | Irish | Raymond |
| Raimonda | Female | Italian | Raymond |
| Raimondo | Male | Italian | Raymond |
| Raimundo | Male | Portuguese | Raymond |
| Raimundo | Male | Spanish | Raymond |
| Ramón | Male | Spanish | Raymond |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Ray Ellison Mortgage Acceptance Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Ray, MN 2. Ray, ND (city, FIPS 65580) 3. Ray, OH |
Expressions using "ray": actinic ray ♦ alpha ray ♦ Atlantean Healing Ray Training ♦ auroral ray ♦ axial ray ♦ beta ray ♦ Bishop ray ♦ border ray ♦ bound ray ♦ Butterfly ray ♦ cathode ray ♦ cathode ray oscillograph ♦ cathode ray oscilloscope ♦ cathode ray tube ♦ cathode ray tube projector ♦ cosmic ray ♦ cosmic ray burst ♦ cownose ray ♦ Cramp ray ♦ crepuscular ray ♦ Cuckoo ray ♦ death ray ♦ delta ray ♦ Devil ray ♦ Eagle ray ♦ Electric ray ♦ Extraordinary ray ♦ Fin ray ♦ gamma ray ♦ give ray treatment to ♦ green ray ♦ guided ray ♦ heat ray ♦ Horned ray ♦ i have not even a ray of hope ♦ impingement of sonic ray ♦ infrared ray ♦ Italian ray grass ♦ light ray ♦ manta ray ♦ medullar ray ♦ medullary ray ♦ meridional ray ♦ mirror ray ♦ ordinary ray ♦ ox ray ♦ pith ray ♦ pith ray fleck ♦ primary ray ♦ principal ray ♦ procumbent ray cell ♦ Ray Bradbury ♦ Ray City ♦ Ray County ♦ ray diagram ♦ Ray Douglas Bradbury ♦ ray floret ♦ ray flower ♦ Ray grass ♦ ray gun ♦ Ray M. Dolby ♦ Ray methods of healing ♦ ray of comfort ♦ ray of fish ♦ ray of hope ♦ ray of light ♦ ray of starfish ♦ ray of sunshine ♦ ray or rye ♦ ray out ♦ Ray point ♦ Ray Robinson ♦ ray tracing ♦ reflected ray ♦ refracted ray ♦ refracted ray method ♦ refreshed cathode ray tube ♦ roentgen ray ♦ Rontgen ray ♦ rough ray ♦ secondary ray ♦ shark ray ♦ soft ray ♦ sonic boom ray ♦ sound ray ♦ spotted eagle ray ♦ spotted ray ♦ starry ray ♦ sting ray ♦ sugar Ray Robinson ♦ sun ray ♦ trapped ray ♦ ultraviolet ray ♦ vascular ray ♦ visual ray ♦ whip ray ♦ wood ray ♦ X ray ♦ x ray examination ♦ X ray spectrometer ♦ xylem ray. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ray": Ray-ban, Ray-bans, ray-fin, ray-finned, ray-fish, ray-florets, ray-gun, ray-guns, ray-see, ray-tracing, ray-vessel, ray-vibrations. | |
Ending with "ray": cosmic-ray, x-ray. | |
Containing "ray": cathode-ray oscilloscope, cathode-ray tube, deep-ray therapy, Dual energy X-ray absortiometry, poor-poo-ray-a, take an x-ray of smth., X-ray astronomy, x-ray diagnostics, X-ray diffraction, x-ray eyes, X-ray film, X-Ray Intensifying Screens, X-ray machine, X-ray photo, X-ray photograph, X-ray photography, X-ray picture, x-ray plate, x-ray shadow, X-ray therapy, x-ray treatment, X-ray tube, X-ray-emitting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rachael ray | 3,634 | ray bradbury | 367 |
sugar ray | 3,157 | manta ray | 345 |
f1 mclaren ray | 2,172 | corvette sting ray | 324 |
ray ban | 1,864 | q ray bracelet | 308 |
stevie ray vaughan | 1,248 | man ray | 298 |
ray ban sun glasses | 1,025 | john ray | 275 |
tampa bay devil ray | 1,024 | x ray technician | 271 |
sea ray | 940 | ray stevens | 270 |
sea ray boat | 854 | sugar ray lyrics | 260 |
q ray | 767 | gamma ray | 247 |
sting ray | 755 | ray of light | 241 |
ray charles | 684 | ray allen | 217 |
lisa ray | 568 | ray boltz | 192 |
ray liotta | 507 | ray price | 191 |
billy ray cyrus | 487 | ray lewis | 177 |
ray | 467 | x ray tube | 175 |
sting ray boat | 429 | cathode ray tube | 169 |
devil ray | 415 | guhn ray | 160 |
rachel ray | 413 | lake ray roberts | 147 |
ray j | 392 | ray park | 145 |
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| Language | Translations for "ray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | radio (beam, radio, wireless). (various references) | |
Albanian | Rrezor (radial, radiate), Rreze (beam, flicker, gleam, radius, shaft), Rrezatoj (beam, emit, irradiate, radiate), Rraxhë, Rajë (skate), Trajtoj Me Rreze, Lloj I Stofit Leshi, Lëshoj Rreze. (various references) | |
Arabic | نغمة موسيقية, تألق (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, glint, glitter, glory, irradiate, luminosity, magnificence, outshine, radiance, radiate, refulgence, scintillate, shine, shine through, sparkle, star, vivacity), سمك الشفنين, خط المحراث, إشعاع (eradiation, irradiation, radiance, radiation), أشع (beam, eradiate, irradiate, radiate), شعاع (bar, beam, radiation, shaft, streak), بصيص (flicker, glitter, shaft). (various references) | |
Basque | erradio. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Осветявам, Облъчвам, Проблясък, Лъч, Листенце От Цвят На Маргаритка, Излъчвам Се, Излъчвам, Скат (Stingaree, Sting-ray), Светлина, Сияя, Сияние. (various references) | |
Catalan | llamp (beam). (various references) | |
Chinese | 魟 , 鰩 , 光芒, 光纖 (fiber optic, light, optical, optical fiber), 光 (bright, light), 射線 . (various references) | |
Czech | Rejnok (skate), Paprsek (beam, flash, streak), Pásmo (range, zone). (various references) | |
Danish | stråle (beam, radio, radius, wireless). (various references) | |
Dutch | straal (beam, radio, radius, wireless), spaak (beam, crowbar, crow-bar, radio, radius, wireless). (various references) | |
Esperanto | radio (beam, radio, wireless), strio (strip, stripe). (various references) | |
Faeroese | rípa (strip, stripe), strála (beam, radio, radius, wireless), geisli (beam, radio, radius, vertebra, wireless), útvarp (beam, radio, radius, wireless), ál (strip, stripe). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرتو (Aegis, Beam, Radiance, Rayon, Shaft), ماهی چهارگوش که حلزون میخورد, تشعشع داشتن , تشعشع (Flash, Glare, Radiance, Refulgence), اشعه تابشی , روشناءی (Light), شعاع (Beam, Radius), درخشیدن (Glint, Glisten, Glitter, Glory, Lamp, Lighten, Luster, Scintillate, Sheen, Shine, Star), برق زدن (Alight, Flash, Glisten, Glitter, Lightning, Luster, Scintillate, Wink). (various references) | |
Finnish | säde (beam, radius). (various references) | |
French | Rayon (radio, radius, range), Raie. (various references) | |
Frisian | radio (beam, radio, radius, wireless), stripe (strip, stripe), striel (beam, radio, radius, wireless), streek (strip, stripe). (various references) | |
German | Strahl (beam, blink, gush, jet, radiancy, shaft, spurt, streak, thread), Schimmer (glances, gleam, glimmer, glint, luster, lustre, rays, sheen, shimmer). (various references) | |
Greek | ακτίνα (beam, radius, spoke). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קרן (beam, horn), ״דיוס. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Sugár (bar, beam, glimmer, jet, radii, radio, radius, spurt, stream, wireless), fénysugár (bar, beam, gleam, shaft, trail of light), rája (Raja, Rajah, skate). (various references) | |
Icelandic | geisli (beam, radio, radius, wireless), útvarp (beam, radio, radius, wireless). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sinar (beam, glow, light, radiance), cahaya (brilliance, efflugence, light, radiance), bias (refraction). (various references) | |
Italian | raggio (beam, jet, radius, range, saliva, shaft, spoke, spray), sciopero (beam, radio, radius, strike, wireless). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 半直線 (half line), レーニン主義 (beggar, homeless, label, labor union, lane, layer, layered cut, layered look, layman, layoff, layout, layout-system, lecture, leg guards, leggings, Leghorn, lei, Leninism, leopon, leotard, lexicon, philosophy of life, racialism, racism, rail, rain, rainbow fish, raincoat, rainy, raise, range, ranger, rape, rapier, rare, rare metal, Ray-Ban, rayonne, ray-tracing, record, recorder, recording, recreation, regatta, reggae, regular, regular chain store, regular member, regulation, Regulus, requiem), うわの空 (absent-mindedness, being fed up with, boring, dirty, er...., inattention, let me see, nasty, rat-tailed anchovy, stringray, tedious, uh huh, vulgar, well, yeah, yes). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | レイ (lei), はんちょくせん (half line), えい (stringray). (various references) | |
Korean | 광선 (Radial). (various references) | |
Malay | radio (beam, radio, radius, wireless). (various references) | |
Manx | scarrag (skate), goull (beam, dart, fork, fork of lightning). (various references) | |
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