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raise (RAYZ) (verb)
1. To lift something or someone to a higher position: A small box to stand on will raise the speaker so she can speak comfortably into the microphone.
2. To elevate in terms of status: The promotion will raise Pete's colleague to a managerial position at the factory.
3. To enhance or to invigorate: Such a sunny day will raise Jill's spirits.
4. To collect funds to finance a special undertaking: Carl hopes to raise a large sum of money to contribute to the children's charity.
5. To bring an animal or child to maturity: There is a saying which indicates that it takes a village to raise a child.
6. To inquire about or to bring forth a topic for discussion or debate: Terry said he would raise the question of new prices for bus tickets at the next board meeting.
7. To cause the creation of a blister or sore: If Marissa does not wear gloves when she rakes leaves, the friction will raise blisters on her hands.
8. To increase the bid or offer on something: At the auction, the auctioneer attempted to raise the amount on the priceless piece of silver.
9. To increase or to cause the elevation of the baseline of something: The heavy rains will raise the level of the river.
2. To elevate in terms of status: The promotion will raise Pete's colleague to a managerial position at the factory.
3. To enhance or to invigorate: Such a sunny day will raise Jill's spirits.
4. To collect funds to finance a special undertaking: Carl hopes to raise a large sum of money to contribute to the children's charity.
5. To bring an animal or child to maturity: There is a saying which indicates that it takes a village to raise a child.
6. To inquire about or to bring forth a topic for discussion or debate: Terry said he would raise the question of new prices for bus tickets at the next board meeting.
7. To cause the creation of a blister or sore: If Marissa does not wear gloves when she rakes leaves, the friction will raise blisters on her hands.
8. To increase the bid or offer on something: At the auction, the auctioneer attempted to raise the amount on the priceless piece of silver.
9. To increase or to cause the elevation of the baseline of something: The heavy rains will raise the level of the river.
The landlord told Etta that he was going to raise her rent significantly the following year.
raise (RAYZ) (noun)
An increase in the amount of money paid for a task or undertaking: With her new position, Andriana asked for a raise in her salary.
rays (RAYZ) (noun)
1. Any of a number of fish with flattened bodies and eyes appearing on the flat upper surfaces: Dennis could see a colony of rays drifting in the bay not far from his boat.
2. Beams of light: The sun rays shined through the window illuminating the room and making it feel warm and comfortable.
3. Lines drawn from a common center: Shelby depicted the sun by drawing several rays emanating from the round yellow circle in the corner of her picture.
2. Beams of light: The sun rays shined through the window illuminating the room and making it feel warm and comfortable.
3. Lines drawn from a common center: Shelby depicted the sun by drawing several rays emanating from the round yellow circle in the corner of her picture.
raze (RAYZ) (verb)
To demolish, tear down, or to reduce something: The bulldozers will raze the grove this afternoon to make way for new buildings.
The carver used a small knife to raze the surface of the block of wood he was working on so he could make an ornament.
They had to raze the old building and build a new one so the sun’s rays wouldn't raise the temperatures so much.
A landlord told his tenant, "I'm afraid I will have to raise your rent." The renter responded by saying, "I wish you would; I'm sure I can't raise (get) it."
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(Tricho Sales Corporation treated excess hair growth with a "ray of light")
(Conrad Röntgen (Roentgen), Discoverer of X-rays)
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alpha particles, alpha rays
Radioactive, positively charged particles, two protons and two neutrons, ejected at high speeds in certain atomic disintegrations.
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alpha; A, α +
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beta ray, beta rays
1. A stream of beta particles, especially of electrons.
2. A stream of electrons projected by radioactive substances.
2. A stream of electrons projected by radioactive substances.
They are identical with cathode rays, possess great penetrative power, and are easily deflected by an electric or magnetic field in a direction opposite to that of the alpha rays.
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beta; B, β +
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cosmic gamma rays
Rays coming from pulsars, radio galaxies, and quasars, although it is believed that they cannot penetrate the earth's atmosphere.
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gamma; Γ, γ +
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Any of a group of very high-energy particles reaching the earth from outer space or produced in the earth's atmosphere by the particles from outer space.
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An electron emitted when an ionizing element; such as, an alpha particle, passes through matter.
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delta, delt-; Δ, δ
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gamma ray, gamma rays
1. A type of emission from radioactive substances, consisting of electromagnetic radiation of great penetrating power and of wavelengths lying beyond the region of the shortest X-rays.
2. A high-energy photon, especially as emitted by a nucleus in a transition between two energy levels.
2. A high-energy photon, especially as emitted by a nucleus in a transition between two energy levels.
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primary cosmic rays (pl) (noun)
Primary cosmic rays are submicroscopic, electrically charged particles, largely protons, that travel in space at speeds nearly equal to that of light.
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(a radiographic technique that produces an image of a detailed cross section of bodily tissue using a narrow collimated beam of x-rays that rotates in a full arc around a patient to image the body in cross-sectional slices)
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cosmic rays
1. Nuclear and subatomic particles moving through space at high speeds; radiated from the sun and other stars.
2. Streams of ionizing radiations from space, largely of protons, alpha particles, and other atomic nuclei.
3. Very high energy nuclei moving at velocities close to that of light which are probably produced by supernova explosions.
2. Streams of ionizing radiations from space, largely of protons, alpha particles, and other atomic nuclei.
3. Very high energy nuclei moving at velocities close to that of light which are probably produced by supernova explosions.
On striking the earth's atmosphere, they produce cascades of other particles (by collision with nuclei in the atmosphere) called air showers.
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X-rays, X rays
In astronomy, any of a class of cosmic objects that emit radiation at X-ray wavelength.
Because the earth’s atmosphere absorbs X-rays very efficiently, X-ray telescopes and detectors must be carried high above it by spacecraft to observe objects that produce such electromagnetic radiation.
Advances in instrumentation and improved observational techniques have led to the discovery of an increasing number of X-ray sources.
By the late 20th century, thousands of these objects had been detected throughout the universe.
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