ray
verb
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L332680 on Wikidata ↗noun
- in geometrical optics: an idealized model of light; a line that is perpendicular to the wavefronts of the actual light, and that points in the direction of energy flow
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪ/
name
Etymology: From Persian ری (ray /rey), from Middle Persian, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (r-g-a /ragā/), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.
- A city near Tehran, Iran.
- A region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana.
noun
Etymology: Alternative forms.
- Alternative form of re.
verb
Etymology: Shortened from array.
- To arrange.
- To dress, array (someone).
- To stain or soil; to defile.
“From his soft eyes the teares he wypt away, / And from his face the filth that did it ray […].”