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Definition: Sunray |
SunrayAdjective1. Pleated or tucked in lines radiating from a circular edge; "blouse with a sunburst yoke"; "sunray fan pleats below the hips". Noun1. A ray of sunlight. 2. Herb having a basal cluster of gray-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sunray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sunray is a city located in Moore County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,950.Geography
Sunray is located at 36°1'9" North, 101°49'26" West (36.019280, -101.823860)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,950 people, 688 households, and 531 families residing in the city. The population density is 445.5/km² (1,154.0/mi²). There are 772 housing units at an average density of 176.4/km² (456.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 72.92% White, 0.72% African American, 0.77% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 23.38% from other races, and 2.05% from two or more races. 35.59% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 688 households out of which 45.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% are married couples living together, 8.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.83 and the average family size is 3.31. In the city the population is spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,026, and the median income for a family is $36,813. Males have a median income of $31,141 versus $18,077 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,656. 13.8% of the population and 11.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.1% are under the age of 18 and 11.5% 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 "Sunray, Texas."
Synonyms: SunraySynonyms: sunburst (adj), sunbeam (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sunray |
| English words defined with "sunray": sunlamp, sunray lamp. (references) |
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 | Sunray, Texas (vicinity). Well on the pump. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Sunset from above" by Nadia Arini Yahya Commentary: "Taken from my evening flight. i think its quite pretty, but too bad the sunray reflects on the window glass....." |
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| "Sunray" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sunray" is used about 3 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 (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Sunray, TX (city, FIPS 71180) |
Expressions using "sunray": sunburst sunray ♦ sunray lamp ♦ sunray pleat. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
sunray | 85 | fly shadow sunray | 4 |
sunray boat | 38 | realty sunray | 3 |
sunray texas | 21 | sunray range | 3 |
nike sunray | 14 | sunray lamp | 3 |
lighting sunray | 11 | marine sunray | 3 |
inc.com sunray | 8 | spa sunray | 2 |
nike sandal sunray | 7 | casino sunray | 2 |
scooter sunray | 6 | iv nike sunray | 2 |
engineering sunray | 6 | shadow sunray | 2 |
coreopsis sunray | 5 | sundiro sunray | 2 |
sunray appliance | 4 | isd sunray | 2 |
sunray stove | 4 | rental sunray vacation | 2 |
amana sunray | 4 | sunray sunriver | 2 |
sunray oven | 4 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "sunray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | hoogtezonlamp (sunlamp, sunray lamp). (various references) | |
French | lampe soleil artificiel (sunlamp, sunray lamp). (various references) | |
German | Höhensonnenlampe (sunlamp, sunray lamp), höhensonne (lamp, mountain sun, sunray lamp). (various references) | |
Italian | lampada di sole artificiale (sunlamp, sunray lamp). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | unraysay.(various references) | |
Russian | солнечный луч (sunbeam, sunburst). (various references) | |
Spanish | lámpara sol artificial (sunlamp, sunray lamp), lámpara de sol de altitud (sunlamp, sunray lamp). (various references) | |
Swedish | solstråle (sunbeam). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Sunray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sangay, Sanxay, sunr, suriy, unray. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: synura. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: saury, unary, unsay, yarns, yuans. | |
-2 letters: anus, nary, nays, rays, runs, ryas, sura, urns, ursa, yarn, yuan. | |
-3 letters: any, ars, ays, nay, nus, ran, ras, ray, run, rya, sau, say, sun, syn, uns, urn, yar. | |
-4 letters: an, ar, as, ay, na, nu, un, us, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-r-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: runways, synurae, uranyls. | |
+2 letters: aneurysm, runaways, unsavory. | |
+3 letters: aneurysms, anhydrous, husbandry, insularly, junkyards, recusancy, sanctuary, strangury, sublunary, tyrannous, underlays, underpays, unsprayed. | |
+4 letters: aneurysmal, ankylosaur, canorously, cystinuria, gynandrous, insularity, nurseryman, paronymous, quarryings, ravenously, roundelays, sanguinary, singularly, supernally, suzerainty, syncarpous, thysanuran, underplays, unsanitary, urinalyses, urinalysis. | |
+5 letters: androgynous, ankylosaurs, cancerously, cavernously, countryseat, cystinurias, dangerously, delusionary, illusionary, insalubrity, inscrutably, insuperably, larcenously, nefariously, playgrounds, polyandrous, purveyances, questionary, rancorously, resultantly, singularity, subcontrary, subnormally, superagency, superlunary, thysanurans, tyrannosaur, tyrannously, uncustomary, undesirably, universally, unnecessary, unscholarly, unseaworthy, unsparingly. | |
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