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ray [n]

1)	a column of light (as from a beacon)

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beam beam_of_light irradiation light_beam ray_of_light shaft shaft_of_light

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light irradiate beam heat_ray high_beam moon-ray sunbeam laser_beam low_beam

2)	a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

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3)	(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

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vector math radiate

4)	a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

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beam electron_beam

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electromagnetic_radiation irradiate cathode_ray particle_beam

5)	the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

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re

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6)	any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish

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spine fin

7)	cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

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elasmobranch crampfish sawfish guitarfish stingray eagle_ray devilfish skate

ray [v]

1)	emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

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emit beam

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"

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extend radiation radiation

3)	expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

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process beam irradiation

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