Rayon

Definitions

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
   countable, uncountable
3. A ray or beam of light.
   obsolete, rare
4. Alternative spelling of raion.
   alt-of, alternative
5. A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it.

Equivalents

Examples

“Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view⟳, But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […]”

“The rayons of the Sunne we see⟳, Diminish in their strength.”

“Here stood A cave,…unreached by rayons of the Sun.”

“Within a rayon of a certain number⟳ of miles.”

“I found myself within his rayon at Newcastle, which is one of his bases of supply⟳.”

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