Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: HALF-RAY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Top

"Half-ray" is a common misspelling or typo for: half-day.

Date "Half-ray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: HALF-RAY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Top

Date "HALF-RAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)