The Latin word for ray is
raia
Translations for ray and their definitions
| raia | |
| 1. n. ray (a marine fish with a flat body) |
| radius | |
| 1. n. a ray of light (also reflected) | |
| 2. n. (according to an ancient theory of vision) a ray extending from the eye to the object seen | |
| 3. n. a spoke of a wheel | |
| 4. n. the radius of a circle; a rotating radial arm | |
| 5. n. a pointed rod (used for drawing diagrams etc.) | |
| 6. n. (weaving) a shuttle | |
| 7. n. (poetic) a bolt or shaft | |
| 8. n. the spur of a bird's leg | |
| 9. n. the tail-spine of a stingray | |
| 10. n. (anatomy) the radius (the outer bone of a forearm) | |
| 11. n. the name of an elongated variety of olive |
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