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Synonyms for ray

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rey
Phonetic Transcription : reɪ

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Définition of ray

Origin :
  • "beam of light," c.1300, from Old French rai (nominative rais) "ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt," from Latin radius "ray, spoke, staff, rod" (see radius). Not common before 17c. [OED]; of the sun, usually in reference to heat (beam being preferred for light). Science fiction ray-gun is first recorded 1931 (but cf. Martian Heat ray weapon in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," 1898).
  • noun beam; indication
Example sentences :
  • But into his loneliness and despair the girl had came like a ray of light.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Not a ray of the blessed light of heaven could be suffered to visit the poor lad.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He was glad that Ray Minturn had never called him Tip, nor heard him called so.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • And Ray heard no more complaints about the offending little name.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • And Ray pressed his thin, wasting hand across his damp forehead.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • Ray smiled, quite as if he did not think so, but would not unsay it for anything.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • Mademoiselle Sarah Bernhardt is ideal too, with her ray of moonlight.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • All was darkness down there; not one ray of light since I shut the door.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • His eyes roved from taper to taper, as gathering knowledge ray by ray.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • He looked, but there was no ray of recognition in that look.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

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