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• Ray|leigh wave — «RAY lee», a vertical, ripple like wave on or just below the surface of the earth, caused by seismic disturbances. ╂[< J. W. S. Rayleigh, 1842 1919, a British physicist, who first described it in 1900] …   Useful english dictionary

• Ray (optics) — Ray of light redirects here. For other uses, see Ray of light (disambiguation). In optics, a ray is an idealized narrow beam of light. Rays are used to model the propagation of light through an optical system, by dividing the real light field up… …   Wikipedia

• Ray Buttigieg — Ray Buttigiegis a poet and musician born on Gozo, the second largest island of the Maltese Islands on May 1, 1955.He attended Qala primary school, then the Lyceum in Victoria, Gozo. He then moved to the United States and continued his studies in… …   Wikipedia

• ray — ray1 [rā] n. [OFr rai < L radius: see RADIUS] 1. a) any of the thin lines, or beams, of light that appear to come from a bright source b) a graphic representation of one of these, as in heraldry 2. a) any of several lines radiating …   English World dictionary

• ray — [n] beam; indication bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, incandescence, irradiation, light, moonbeam, patch, pencil, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream,… …   New thesaurus

• Ray tracing (physics) — In physics, ray tracing is a method for calculating the path of waves or particles through a system with regions of varying propagation velocity, absorption characteristics, and reflecting surfaces. Under these circumstances, wavefronts may bend …   Wikipedia

• ray — Synonyms and related words: Reptilia, X ray, actinic ray, actinism, amplitude, antinode, atom, atomic beam, atomic ray, beam, beam of light, crest, de Broglie wave, diffraction, diffuse, diffusion, disperse, dispersion, drop, electromagnetic… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Wave–particle duality — Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle …   Wikipedia

• Wave — A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy. While a mechanical wave exists in a medium (which on deformation is capable of producing elastic restoring forces), waves of electromagnetic… …   Wikipedia

• Ray Charles (composer) — This page is about Ray Charles, composer and conductor of The Ray Charles Singers. For information about the pianist and soul singer, see Ray Charles. Ray Charles Birth name Charles Raymond Offenberg Also known as Ray Charles Born September 13,… …   Wikipedia

• ray — ray1 raylike, adj. /ray/, n. 1. a narrow beam of light. 2. a gleam or slight manifestation: a ray of hope. 3. a raylike line or stretch of something. 4. light or radiance. 5. a line of sight. 6. Physics, Optics. a …   Universalium