Ray Word Meaning

Middle English: from Old French rai, based on Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’. The verb dates from the late 16th century

each of the lines in which light (and heat) may seem to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening

each of lines in which light and heat may seem to stream from sun or any luminous body

• a ray of sunlight came through the window

any of a set of straight lines passing through one point

any of set of straight lines passing through one point

• the ray that runs from the centre of the circle to the point of tangency

a thing that is arranged radially.

thing that is arranged radially

spread from or as if from a central point

spread from or as if from central point

• delicate lines rayed out at each corner of her eyes