Ray or RAY may refer to:

Fish

Ray (fish) Batomorphi is a division of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, this taxon is also known as the superorder Batoidea, but the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies it as the division Batomorphi. They and their close relat ...

, any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea *

Ray (fish fin anatomy) Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim. Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only b ...

, the bony or horny spine on ray-finned fish

Science and mathematics

Half-line (geometry) In geometry, a straight line, usually abbreviated line, is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature, an idealization of such physical objects as a straightedge, a taut string, or a ray of light. Lines are spaces of dimens ...

or ray, half of a line split at an initial point * Directed half-line or ray, half of a directed or oriented line split at 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) In optics, a ray is an idealized geometrical model of light or other electromagnetic radiation, 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 ...

, an idealized narrow beam of light * Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state

Arts and entertainment

Music

The Rays The Rays were an American group formed in New York City in 1955, and active into the early 1960s. They first recorded for Chess Records. Their biggest hit single was "Silhouettes", a moderately-slow doo-wop piece of pop music that reached num ...

, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) * Ray (girl group), a Japanese girl group formed in 2019 *

Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), known professionally as Ray J, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, television presenter, and actor. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother o ...

, 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 and mascots

* Ray ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' * Ray Barone, main character in the American sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' * Ray Bulgarin, minor character in

GTA IV ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's ''Grand Theft Auto: San And ...

Ray Donovan ''Ray Donovan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime. The drama, starring Liev Schreiber in the title role, is set primarily in Los Angeles (during seasons 1–5) and in New York City (during seaso ...

, titular main character in the American TV drama series ''Ray Donovan'' *

Father Ray Mukada The characters of '' Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Cast timeline : Main cast ("Starring" in opening credits) : Secondary cast (" ...

, 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 a ...

'' * Ray, the mascot from ''

Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American breakfast television, morning television program that is broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends wit ...

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

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical Romance film, romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired in part by the 2002 ...

'' *

Ray Stantz Raymond Stantz, PhD, is a fictional character from the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. He appears in the films '' Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), '' Casper'' (1995, as a cameo), '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' (2021) and '' Ghostbus ...

, a main character in the American film ''Ghostbusters'' * Ray, a protagonist in ''

Ray the Animation ''Ray'' is a science fiction manga by Akihito Yoshitomi that ran in '' Champion Red'' magazine from 2002 to 2006 and was compiled in seven volumes. An anime television series adaptation titled ''Ray the Animation'' was broadcast in Japan fro ...

'', a science fiction anime television series * Ray, a main character in the Canadian television series ''Rusty Rivets'' *

Ray the Flying Squirrel The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman ( ...

, a video game character from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' *

Ray Manchester ''Henry Danger'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider (TV producer), Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014, to March 21, 2020, while ''Danger Force'' is developed by Christpher J. No ...

, from the live action series ''Henry Danger'' and ''Danger Force'' * Ray (comics), a DC Comics character **

Ray (Ray Terrill) The Ray (real name Raymond C. "Ray" Terrill) is a superhero in the . He is the second character to use the codename the Ray. Ray Terrill first appeared in ''The Ray'' #1 (February 1992), and was created by Jack C. Harris and Joe Quesada. Ray ...

, the second version of the character

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. Origin of the surname In some cases it originates from a nickname, derived from the Old French ''rei'', ''roy'', meaning "king", which was sometimes also used as a personal name. This nickname may have denote ...

Ray (given name) Ray is a given name and short form (hypocorism) of the given name Raymond and Rachel. Politics * Ray Aguilar (born 1947), Nebraska state senator * Ray Aguilera, Pueblo, Colorado City council member * Ray Ahipene-Mercer (born 1948), New Zealand ...

Ray (wrestler) Ray (February 14, 1982 – August 30, 2018) was a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. After being trained by Emi Sakura, Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next seve ...

, from Hong Kong

Places

Iran

Ray, Iran Shahre Ray, Shahr-e Ray, Shahre Rey, or Shahr-e Rey (, ) or simply Ray or Rey (), is the capital of Ray County, Iran, Rey County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater T ...

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

Russia

Ray (Smolensk region) Ray () is a village in Smolensk Oblast, Smolensk region of Russia. Located in the central part of region, 1.5 km to the south of the motorway :ru:Р120_(автодорога), A141 u and 6 km to the south-west of Smolensk. Populatio ...

* Ray, Belgorod Oblast

United Kingdom

* River Ray, 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 Roughmo ...

, 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. Geography The township is in north-central Macomb County. The village of Romeo touches the northwest cor ...

, Macomb County * Ray, Minnesota *

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 organize ...

* Ray, North Dakota

Elsewhere

* Ray, a Cambodian village in

Ke Chong Keh Chong () is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the n ...

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, 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) ce ...

, a defunct Chinese operating system * Sony Ericsson Xperia ray, a 2011 smartphone

Transportation

Vehicles

* Kia Ray, a 2011–present South Korean city car * Kia Ray (2010 concept vehicle), a 2010 South Korean mid-size concept sedan * Mitsuoka Ray, 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 Sutton and Mole Valley lines, Mole ...

, London, England (by GBR station code) * Rays Engineering, a Japanese automotive wheel manufacturer

Other uses

Rays (retailer) Rays was an Australian chain of retail stores, selling camping, hiking and kayaking equipment, as well as outdoor clothing and footwear. Prior to its acquisition by Super Retail Group in 2010, it operated 38 stores across Australia. History ...

, an Australian outdoors store *

Rāʾ Resh is the twentieth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ''rēš'' 𐤓, Hebrew ''rēš'' , Aramaic ''rēš'' 𐡓‎, Syriac ''rēš'' ܪ, and Arabic ''rāʾ'' . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪇‎‎, South A ...

("ر"), a letter of the Arabic alphabet *

Raha-automaattiyhdistys Finland's Slot Machine Association or RAY () was a government-supervised and -owned nonprofit gaming (gambling) association (statutory corporation) in Finland. On January 1, 2017, RAY merged with the government-supervised and owned nonprofit be ...

(Finland's Slot Machine Association), a Finnish gambling provider *

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...

, a Major League Baseball team