Look up: Ray

1. Ray
   a jointed rod which supports a fin
   Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac
   
   
2. Ray
   The ray is a name of many elasmobranchiate fishes, including the skate. They are are recognised by a flattened body and by the extremely broad and fleshy pectoral fins which appear as continuations of the body.
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3. Ray
   Ray is a township in Franklin County Indiana, USA Ray is a township in LaMoure County North Dakota, USA Ray is a city in Williams County North Dakota, USA Ray is a township in Macomb County Michigan, USA Ray is a township in Morgan County Indiana, USA
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4. Ray
   A straight line drawn from the origin of a diagram. In the Heckscher-Ohlin Model, two rays are used to define a diversification cone.
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5. Ray
   This kite-shaped fish features edible fins. The fish is firm, white, and sweet; similar to the texture and taste of scallop. Also known as a "Ray."
   Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml
   
   
6. Ray
   Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coastal Waters Description (in water): Two triangular, tapered "wings" (technically pectoral fins) give this unusual looking steel-gray fish, which is related to shark, graceful mobility as it seeks prey along the sea floor. A large fish, skate often exceeds 100 lbs. Description (in market): Only the wings (fins) of the skate are edible; in each, a thin layer of translucent cartilage separates two sections of firm, lean, delicately flavored white meat. The cartilage i…
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7. ray
   [n] - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point 2. [n] - a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence 3. [n] - any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish 4. [n] - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside 5. [v] - emit as rays
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8. ray
   [n] - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point 2. [n] - a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence 3. [n] - any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish 4. [n] - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside 5. [v] - emit as rays
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9. RAY
   A geometric representation of a light path through an optical medium-a line normal to the wave front indication the direction of radiant energy flow.
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10. Ray
    At higher audio frequencies, sound may be considered to travel in straight lines, in a direction normal to the wave front.
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11. ray
    A part of a line, with one endpoint, that continues without end in one direction
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12. ray
    a ribbon-like aggregate of cells extending radially in the xylem and phloem Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • A ribbon-like aggregate of storage and conducting cells extending radially in the xylem and phloem. Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
13. Ray
    a fissue radiating from the centre of the heartwood outwards, In which protein is stored. See wood.
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo
    
    
14. Ray
    Ray (rā) transitive verb [ An aphetic form of array ; confer Beray .] 1. To array. [ Obsolete] Sir T. More. 2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [ Obsolete] "The filth that did it ray ." Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/16
    
    
15. Ray
    Ray noun Array; order; arrangement; dress. [ Obsolete] « And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray .» Spenser.
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16. Ray
    Ray noun [ Old French rai , French rais , from Latin radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Confer Radius .] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays . 2. (Botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flo …
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17. Ray
    Ray transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rayed (rād); present participle & verbal noun Raying .] [ Confer Old French raier , raiier , rayer , Latin radiare to irradiate. See Ray , noun , and confer Radiate .] 1. To mark with long lines; to st …
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18. Ray
    Ray intransitive verb To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning.
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19. Ray
    Ray noun [ French raie , Latin raia . Confer Roach .] (Zoology) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate . Bishop ray , a yellow-spotted, long-tailed e …
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20. ray
    <botany> A zygomorphic flower in the family Asteraceae, a radial band of cells traversing the conducting elements in woody stems. ... Of a compound umbel, one of the first (lower) series of branches of the inflorescence main stem. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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21. ray
    noun 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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22. ray
    noun a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
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23. ray
    noun (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
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24. ray
    noun a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
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25. ray
    (ra) a line emanating from a center. a distinct portion of electromagnetic radiation that proceeds in a specific direction.
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