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Definitions for Rayed

[1] having or represented as having emanating rays; radiate: The saint was painted with a rayed, beatific face.
[2] having zoological or botanical rays (often used in combination): a five-rayed fin.
[3] a narrow beam of light.
[4] a gleam or slight manifestation: a ray of hope.
[5] a raylike line or stretch of something.
[6] light or radiance.
[7] a line of sight.
[8] Physics , Optics . any of the lines or streams in which light appears to radiate from a luminous body. the straight line normal to the wave front in the propagation of radiant energy. a stream of material particles all moving in the same straight line.
[9] Mathematics . one of a system of straight lines emanating from a point. Also called half-line. the part of a straight line considered as originating at a point on the line and as extending in one direction from that point.
[10] any of a system of parts radially arranged.
[11] Zoology . one of the branches or arms of a starfish or other radiate animal. one of the bony or cartilaginous rods in the fin of a fish.
[12] Botany . ray flower. one of the branches of an umbel. vascular ray. (in certain composite plants) the marginal part of the flower head.
[13] Astronomy . one of many long, bright streaks radiating from some of the large lunar craters.
[14] a prominent upright projection from the circlet of a crown or coronet, having a pointed or ornamented termination.
[15] to emit rays.
[16] to issue in rays.
[17] to send forth in rays.
[18] to throw rays upon; irradiate.
[19] to subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy.
[20] Informal . to make a radiograph of; x-ray.
[21] to furnish with rays or radiating lines.
[22] Cape Ray a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
[23] John . 1627–1705, English naturalist. He originated natural botanical classification and the division of flowering plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons
[24] Man , real name Emmanuel Rudnitsky . 1890–1976, US surrealist photographer
[25] Satyajit (ˈsætjədʒɪt). 1921–92, Indian film director, noted for his Apu trilogy (1955–59)
[26] a narrow beam of light; gleam
[27] a slight indication, esp of something anticipated or hoped for a ray of solace
[28] maths a straight line extending from a point
[29] a thin beam of electromagnetic radiation or particles
[30] any of the bony or cartilaginous spines of the fin of a fish that form the support for the soft part of the fin
[31] any of the arms or branches of a starfish or other radiate animal
[32] astronomy any of a number of bright streaks that radiate from the youngest lunar craters, such as Tycho; they are composed of crater ejecta not yet darkened, and extend considerable distances
[33] botany any strand of tissue that runs radially through the vascular tissue of some higher plants See medullary ray
[34] (of an object) to emit (light) in rays or (of light) to issue in the form of rays
[35] (intr) (of lines, etc) to extend in rays or on radiating paths
[36] (tr) to adorn (an ornament, etc) with rays or radiating lines
[37] any of various marine selachian fishes typically having a flattened body, greatly enlarged winglike pectoral fins, gills on the undersurface of the fins, and a long whiplike tail. They constitute the orders Torpediniformes (electric rays ) and Rajiformes
[38] music (in tonic sol-fa) the second degree of any major scale; supertonic

Words nearby Rayed

ray gun, ray-finned fish, rayah, raybans, rayburn, rayed, rayleigh, rayleigh disc, rayleigh disk, rayleigh scattering, rayleigh wave

Origin of Rayed

11300–50; Middle English raie, raye < Old French rai < Latin radius radius

Other words from Rayed

un·rayed , adjective
ray·like , adjective

Word origin for Rayed

C14: see gamut