Ray

Ray may refer to:

Science and mathematics

• Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point
• Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph
• Ray (optics), an idealized narrow beam of light
• Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state.

Biology

• Ray (fish), a superorder of cartilaginous fishes
• Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine in the fin of a fish

Arts and entertainment

Music

• The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s
• Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990)
• Ray J, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981)
• Ray (Frazier Chorus album)
• Ray (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)
• Rays (Michael Nesmith album)
• Ray (soundtrack), a soundtrack of the film Ray
• Ray (EP), an album by Panic Channel
• "Ray" (song), a song by Millencolin
• Ray or re, the second scale degree in solfege

Fictional characters

• Ray Barone, main character in the American sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
• Ray Donovan, titular main character in the American TV drama series Ray Donovan
• Father Ray Mukada, priest character in the American TV drama series Oz
• Ray, a protagonist in Ray the Animation, a science fiction anime television series
• Ray, a main character in the Canadian television series Rusty Rivets
• Ray the Flying Squirrel, a video game character from Sonic the Hedgehog
• Ray (comics), a DC Comics character

Other

• Ray (art journal), a British little magazine
• Ray (manga), a manga about a female doctor with X-ray vision
• Ray (film), a 2004 film biography of singer Ray Charles

People

• Ray (surname)
• Ray (given name)

Places

Iran

• Ray, Iran, a city in the Greater Tehran metropolis
  • Rey County, Tehran Province
• Ray, South Khorasan, a small village

United States

• Ray, Alabama
• Ray, Arizona
• Ray, Indiana and Michigan, Steuben and Branch counties
• Ray Township, Michigan, Macomb County
• Ray, Minnesota
• Ray County, Missouri
• Ray, North Dakota

Other countries

• Ray, a Cambodian village in Ke Chong
• Mount Ray (British Columbia), a Canadian volcano
• Ray, Templeport, a townland in County Cavan, Ireland
• River Ray, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, UK
• River Ray, Wiltshire, England, UK

Sport

• Tampa Bay Rays, a Major League Baseball team
• Ray (wrestler), Hong Kong professional wrestler

Transport

• Rays Engineering, a Japanese automotive wheel manufacturer
• Kia Ray, a prototype or concept car
• USS Ray, a U.S. Navy vessel

Other uses

• Rays (retailer), an Australian outdoor equipment and clothing retailer formerly know an Ray's Outdoors
• Rays Linux or Sunwah Linux
• Raha-automaattiyhdistys, a Finnish gambling service provider
• Arabic letter rāʾ ر

See also

• Rhea (disambiguation)
• Medullary ray (anatomy), the middle part of the Cortical lobule
• Medullary ray (botany), characteristic radial sheets or ribbons extending vertically, found in woods
• Radius (disambiguation)
• Radiation (disambiguation)
• Beam (disambiguation)
• Rye (disambiguation)
• Justice Ray (disambiguation)