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sunray
(ˈsʌnˌreɪ)n
1. (Physical Geography) literary a ray of light from the sun
2. (General Physics) a ray of ultraviolet light artificially produced, as for instance by a sunray lamp
adj
resembling sunrays, radiating from a central point, having a design like radiating sunbeams
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sun•ray
(ˈsʌnˌreɪ)n.
a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.
[1820–30]
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Noun | 1. | sunray - a ray of sunlight light beam, ray, ray of light, beam of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft - a column of light (as from a beacon) |
2. | sunray - herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant Enceliopsis, genus Enceliopsis - small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States | |
3. | sunray - a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp ultraviolet, ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet radiation, UV - radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays |
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sunray
[ˈsʌnreɪ] ADJ sunray lamp → lámpara f ultravioletasunray treatment → helioterapia f, tratamiento m con lámpara ultravioleta
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