Ray may refer to:

Fish

* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea *

Ray (fish fin anatomy) Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as s ...

, a bony or horny spine on a fin

Science and mathematics

Ray (geometry) In geometry, a line is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature. Thus, lines are one-dimensional objects, though they may exist in two, three, or higher dimension spaces. The word ''line'' may also refer to a line segme ...

, half of a line proceeding from an initial point *

Ray (graph theory) In the mathematics of infinite graphs, an end of a graph represents, intuitively, a direction in which the graph extends to infinity. Ends may be formalized mathematically as equivalence classes of infinite paths, as havens describing strategies ...

, 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) In optics a ray is an idealized geometrical model of light, obtained by choosing a curve that is perpendicular to the ''wavefronts'' of the actual light, and that points in the direction of energy flow. Rays are used to model the propagation ...

, an idealized narrow beam of light *

Ray (quantum theory) In mathematics and the foundations of quantum mechanics, the projective Hilbert space P(H) of a complex Hilbert space H is the set of equivalence classes of non-zero vectors v in H, for the relation \sim on H given by :w \sim v if and only if v = \ ...

, an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state

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 William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), known professionally as Ray J, is an American singer, actor, and television personality. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of recording a ...

, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ray'' (Bump of Chicken album) * ''Ray'' (Frazier Chorus album) * ''Ray'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) * ''Rays'' (Michael Nesmith album) (former Monkee) * ''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 ''Ray Donovan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime. The twelve-episode first season premiered on June 30, 2013. The pilot episode broke viewership records, becoming the biggest premiere of all ...

, 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 character in the television series ''

Bear in the Big Blue House ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it aire ...

'' * Ray, a firefly in the 2009 animated Disney film ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the ...

'' * Ray Stantz, a main character in the American film ''Ghostbusters'' * 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 * Ray (Ray Terrill), the second version of the character * Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray in the '' Finding Nemo'' franchise

Other media

* ''Ray'' (art journal), a British little magazine * ''Ray'' (manga), a manga and anime series about a doctor with X-ray vision * ''Ray'' (film), a 2004 film biography of African-American singer Ray Charles * ''Ray'' (TV series), a 2021 Netflix anthology series based on Satyajit Ray's stories * ''The Ray'' (Chardin), a 1728 painting by Jean Simeon Chardin

People

Ray (surname) The surname Ray has several origins. Ray is a historical title of royalty and nobility in the Indian subcontinent used by rulers and chieftains of many princely states. It is derived from Raja. The Marathi/Telugu variant Rai was used as a substitut ...

* Ray (given name) *

Ray (wrestler) Ray (February 14, 1982 – August 30, 2018) was a Hong Kong professional wrestler. After being trained by Emi Sakura, Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next several years wrestle under different masks, b ...

, from Hong Kong

Places

Iran

Ray, Iran Shahr-e Ray ( fa, شهر ری, ) or simply Ray (Shar e Ray; ) is the capital of Ray County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municip ...

, a city in the Greater Tehran metropolis ** Ray County, Tehran Province * Ray, South Khorasan, a small village

Russia

Ray (Smolensk region) Ray (russian: Рай) is a village in Smolensk region of Russia. Located in the central part of region, 1.5 km to the south of the motorway A141 u and 6 km to the south-west of Smolensk. Population – 132 residents ( 2007 year). Incl ...

* Ray, Belgorod Oblast

United Kingdom

River Ray The River Ray is a tributary of the River Cherwell in south east England. It rises at Quainton Hill, Buckinghamshire and flows west through flat countryside for around to meet the Cherwell at Islip in Oxfordshire. The Ray's catchment area ...

, South East England *

River Ray, Wiltshire The River Ray is a tributary of the River Thames in England which flows through Wiltshire. The river rises at Wroughton to the south of Swindon and runs in a generally northern direction, passing to the west of the town via Shaw. Near Roughm ...

, South West England

United States

* Ray, Alabama * Ray, Arizona * Ray, Indiana and Michigan, Steuben and Branch counties *

Ray Township, Michigan Ray Township is a civil township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,780, which makes Ray Township the least populated township in Macomb County. Wolcott Mill Metropark, a park i ...

, Macomb County *

Ray, Minnesota Ray is an unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located southeast of International Falls at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53) and State Highway 217 (MN 217). County Roads 3, 29, and 1 ...

Ray County, Missouri Ray County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,158. Its county seat is Richmond. The county was organized N ...

Ray, North Dakota Ray is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 740 at the 2020 census. History Ray was founded in 1902. The city was named in honor of Al G. Ray, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Ra ...

Elsewhere

* Ray, a Cambodian village in

Ke Chong Keh Chong ( km, ឃុំកិះចុង) is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia. It contains nine villages and has a population of 2,415. In the 2007 commune council elections, four of its seats went to the Cambodian People' ...

Mount Ray (British Columbia) Mount Ray, also known as Ray Mountain, is a subglacial mound in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Mount Ray last erupted during the Pleistocene. It is part of the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field. The lava flows were rest ...

, a Canadian volcano * Ray, Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland *

Ray, Jharkhand Ray is a census town in the Khelari CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Ray is located at . Area overview The map alongside shows a part of the Ranchi plat ...

, India

Technology

Rays Linux RAYS Linux (previously Sun Wah Linux) was a Chinese Debian-based Linux distribution. Development and distribution Sunwah Linux was a Debian-based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution to receive Linux Standard Base (LSB) c ...

, a defunct Chinese operating system *

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray (ST18i) is an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson. It was unveiled on 22 June 2011 in Singapore during CommunicAsia 2011. It was announced that the Xperia ray would be released globally in select countries from Q3 ...

, a 2011 smartphone

Transportation

Vehicles

Kia Ray The Kia Ray is a city car manufactured by Kia exclusively for the South Korean domestic market. Based on the Kia Picanto/Morning, it was specifically developed in compliance with the "light car" ( ko, 경차, translit=Gyeongcha) category that ...

, a 2011–present South Korean city car *

Kia Ray (2010 concept vehicle) The Kia Ray concept car is a prototype of a car that is designed to be a fuel-efficient, environmentally conscious vehicle. At the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, Kia Motors entered the green car competition with the Kia Ray, unveiling this plug-in h ...

, a 2010 South Korean mid-size concept sedan *

Mitsuoka Ray The Mitsuoka Ray is a compact car produced by Mitsuoka. The first generation was a heavily modified 3rd generation Mazda Carol. It has a 52-58 hp 660 cc gasoline engine. It has a 30-40L fuel tank. The car started out with 3 doors; however, ...

, a 1996–2004 Japanese city car * USS ''Ray'', a U.S. Navy vessel

Other uses in transportation

Raynes Park railway station Raynes Park railway station serves the district of Raynes Park in the London Borough of Merton. It is south-west of and is situated between and on the South West Main Line. The next station along on the Mole Valley branch line is . The s ...

, London, England (by GBR station code) *

Rays Engineering is a high-end Japanese wheel manufacturer for both motorsport and street use. Their flagship brand, Volk Racing wheels, features a high-tech forging process exclusive to Rays Engineering. They are the current wheel suppliers to winning factor ...

, a Japanese automotive wheel manufacturer

Other uses

* Rays (retailer), an Australian outdoors store * Rāʾ ("ر"), a letter of the Arabic alphabet * Raha-automaattiyhdistys (Finland's Slot Machine Association), a Finnish gambling provider *

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

, a Major League Baseball team