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Meaning of ray of light

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ray

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A beam of light or radiation.

    Example: I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

  2. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

  3. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

  4. 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To emit something as if in rays.

  2. To radiate as if in rays.

ray

Pronunciation:/ɹeɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Array; order; arrangement; dress.

verb

Definitions

  1. To arrange.

  2. To dress, array (someone).

  3. To stain or soil; to defile.