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Alphabet: Norwegian alphabet

Results for: "ray"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

ray — beam of light or radiation
→ stråle m
→ lysstråle
ray — ray, flat marine fish
→ rokke m/f
→ skate m

More translations:

ray
→ stråle
ray
→ glimt

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (7)

1. a column of light (as from a beacon);
[syn: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation]

2. a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence;

3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point;

4. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation;
[syn: beam, ray, electron beam]

5. the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization;
[syn: re, ray]

6. any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish;

7. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins;


VERB (3)

1. emit as rays;
- Example: "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

2. extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center;
- Example: "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"
- Example: "This plants radiate spines in all directions"
[syn: radiate, ray]

3. expose to radiation;
- Example: "irradiate food"
[syn: irradiate, ray]