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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ray"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰ⧇, āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›

a flat-bodied marine cartilaginous fish with eyes on the upper surface, swimming primarily using large, wing-like pectoral fins
ray definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rays are closely related to sharks.
āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

a straight line that starts at a point and extends infinitely in one direction
ray definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In diagrams, rays are often labeled with the endpoint and another point.
āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇, āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻļ⧇āώāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻĒ⧁āĻžā§āϜ

a column of light, such as that emitted from a beacon or focused source
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lighthouse sent a bright ray across the harbor.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž

a single branch of an umbel or an umbrella-shaped flower cluster
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each ray of the sunflower's inflorescence holds tiny florets.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āϰ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āĻĒāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ

a stiff, segmented bony or cartilaginous structure that supports and extends the fins of a fish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fish 's dorsal fin is supported by several rays.
āĻŽāĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āύāĻž āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϰ⧇, āϰ⧇

the syllable used in solmization to name the second note of a major scale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students practiced singing the scale from " do " to " ray. "
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž 'āĻĄā§‹' āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇ āφāύāĻž

to expose something to radiation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists rayed the specimen to observe structural changes.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻ—āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŽā§āύāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to extend, spread, or project outward from a center or inward toward a center
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spokes rayed outward from the hub of the wheel.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ›āĻŋāϞ.
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āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to emit energy, light, or other rays
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bulb rayed brightly after being switched on.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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