ray

in geometrical optics: an idealized model of light; a line that is perpendicular to the wavefronts of the actual light, and that points in the direction of energy flow
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ray

Summary

ray is a light[1]. ray draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (light category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • ray's image is recorded as Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.jpg[3].
  • ray's image is recorded as Lasers.JPG[4].
  • ray's image is recorded as LASER.JPG[5].
  • ray's instance of is recorded as light[6].
  • ray's part of is recorded as optics[7].
  • ray's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/097v29[8].
  • ray's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • ray's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19576672[10].
  • ray's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136749[11].
  • ray's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 182610534[12].
  • ray's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C182610534[13].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for ray include actinolite[14], a mineral species[15].

Why It Matters

ray draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (light category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] ray has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] ray is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for ray include actinolite[14], a mineral species[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ray. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ray-q633620
MLA “ray.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ray-q633620.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ray-q633620_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ray}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ray-q633620}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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