"Ray" is a word in ENGLISH
A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of
a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of
an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
To shine, as with rays.
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.
To mark with long lines; to streak.
To array.
To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray
smiles.
In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed
species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.
One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point,
and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See
Half-ray.
A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated
continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the
arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae,
including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
Array; order; arrangement; dress.
Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision,
that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object
seen.
To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the
fins of fishes.
One of the component elements of the total radiation from a
body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray;
the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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