Synonyms for
rays
A beam of light or radiation.
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All Definitions for Rays

Below are all the dictionary definitions of rays:

1A beam of light or radiation.
2To emit something as if in rays.
3To radiate as if in rays.
4A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
5Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.
6A radiating part of a flower or plant
7The marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower
8One of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster
9Radius.
10A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
11One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
12To expose to radiation.
13Sight
14Perception
15Ision
16From an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
17To dress, array (someone).
18Array
19Order
20Arrangement
21Dress.
22To arrange.
23To stain or soil
24To defile.
25The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
26A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.
27A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
28A surname transferred from the nickname.
29A number of places in the United States:
30A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
31A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
32An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
33A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
34An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
35A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
36A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
37A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.
38A city near Tehran, Iran.
39A region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert
40Rhagiana.
41Alternative form of re. [(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.]

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About synonyms for rays

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