Noun
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cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
most swim by moving the pectoral fins
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any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
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the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- electron beam -
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
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a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
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a column of light (as from a beacon)
- beam of light - light beam - ray of light - shaft of light
Verb
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expose to radiation
"irradiate food"
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extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"
"This plants radiate spines in all directions"
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emit as rays
"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"