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ray of light en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
2. (idiomatic) An inspiring or enlightening person or thing.
   • I think he was somewhat lost for a political position - a simple conservatism did not attract him - and I make the guess that Arnold had been a spar that he got hold of as he struggled to find a political position. I was certainly in that position, having been persuaded by Anderson, especially at the lunch-hour meetings of his Free-thought Society, of the bankruptcy of the Left. Arnold came to me as a most welcome ray of light. 2009, D.M. Armstrong, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 5
   • A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it. 2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:

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Synonyms

lightray

Translations (23)

cmn 光線 /光线 (column of light) · nn lysstråle (column of light) · fi valonpilkahdus (inspiring person) · vi quang tuyến (column of light) · ru луч све́та (column of light) · es rayo de luz (column of light) · sv ljus (inspiring person) · ca llumenera (inspiring person) · de Lichtstrahl (column of light) · cmn 啟蒙者 /启蒙者 (inspiring person) · ca raig de llum (column of light) · nb lysstråle (column of light) · cmn 光芒 (column of light) · sv ljusstråle (inspiring person) · fi ilopilleri (inspiring person) · fi valo pimeyden keskellä (inspiring person) · es musa (inspiring person) · fi valo pimeydessä (inspiring person) · fi valonsäde (column of light) · ca musa (inspiring person) · es inspiración (inspiring person) · pt raio de luz (column of light) · nl lichtstraal (column of light)