n.
1.a column of light (as from a beacon)
2.a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
3.(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
4.a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
5.the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
6.any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
7.cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside ray v.
1.emit as rays
2.extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
3.expose to radiation
Idiom of the Day
cross a bridge before one comes to it
to think and worry about future events or problems before they happen
We should not worry about that problem now. We do not need to cross that bridge before we come to it.
