Ray

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Ray is the superorder Batoidea of cartilaginous fishes, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families.

Ray may also refer to:

[edit] Ichthyology

• Australian bull ray, large eagle ray of temperate waters
• Bat ray, eagle ray found in muddy or sandy sloughs
• Blind electric ray, numbfish of the genus Typhlonarke
• Blotched fantail ray, member of Dasyatidae
• Bull ray, large stingray of the eagle ray family found around coasts of Europe and Africa
• Butterfly ray, rajiform
• Cownose ray, the most common type of ray found in the Chesapeake Bay
• Eagle ray, family of mostly large rays living in the open ocean rather than at the bottom of the sea
• Electric ray, fish that has a rounded body and a pair of organs capable of producing an electric discharge
• Manta ray, largest of the rays
• New Zealand eagle ray, eagle ray of the family Myliobatidae
• Pacific electric ray, species of electric ray native to the eastern Pacific Ocean
• Round ray, family of rays

[edit] Molecular physics

• Cathode ray, streams of electrons observed in vacuum tubes
• Delta ray, recoil particle that causes secondary ionization
• Gamma ray, energetic form of electromagnetic radiation produced by radioactive decay or other nuclear or subatomic processes
• N ray, phenomenon described by French scientist René-Prosper Blondlot but subsequently found to be illusory
• Ray (mathematics), half-line in geometry or physics
• Ray (optics), idealized narrow beam of light
• X-ray, form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometres

[edit] Fiction

• Heat-Ray, the primary offensive weapon used by the Martians in the H. G. Wells's classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds
• Metal Gear RAY, bipedal tank featured in the game Metal Gear Solid 2
• Ray Bradoc, character from the game Breath of Fire 2
• Ray Kon, character in the anime and game Beyblade
• The Ray, DC Comics character

[edit] Music

• Ray (album), album by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel
• Ray (R&B), R&B trio
• "Ray" (single), single by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin
• Ray, a song by Aimee Mann from the 1995 album I'm with Stupid

[edit] Geography

• Ray, Iran
• Ray, North Dakota, United States

[edit] People with the surname Ray

• James Earl Ray (1928–1998), American assassin
• John Ray (1627–1705), English naturalist
• Rachael Ray, TV chef
• Satyajit Ray, famous Bengali Indian film director
• Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Bengali administrator and politician
• Sukumar Ray, Bengali nonsense poet, story writer and playwright

[edit] People with the given name Ray

• Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer
• Ray Charles, musician
• Ray Kroc, of the McDonald's Corporation
• Ray Romano, American comedian/sitcom star
• Ray Toro, American/Hispanic rock guitarist
• Ray Walston, stage, television and feature film character actor who played the title character on the situation comedy My Favorite Martian
• Ray Wise, American actor

[edit] Other

• Ray (film), 2004 movie biography of Ray Charles
• Ray (flash), "Choose your own adventure" series of flash games animated in the style of South Park
• Ray (manga), manga about a female doctor with X-ray vision
• Ray (surname)
• USS Ray, U.S. Navy vessel

[edit] See also

• Raygun
• Stingray (disambiguation)

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