Ray
/ɹeɪ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Ray
noun
- A beam of light or radiation.
"I saw a ray of light through the clouds."
- A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
- One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
- A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
- Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.