noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beam/ray/shaft of light (= a thin line of light )
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There was a shaft of light from the doorway.
a glimmer/ray of hope (= a little hope, or something that gives you a little hope )
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The new treatment gives patients a glimmer of hope.
a ray of sunshine
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A ray of sunshine filtered through the dirty window.
a shaft/ray/beam of sunlight
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A shaft of sunlight illuminated the left side of his face.
cathode ray tube
cosmic ray
gamma ray
the sun’s rays
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This moisturiser will also protect skin from the sun’s rays.
ultraviolet radiation/rays
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ultraviolet radiation from the sun
UV light/radiation/rays etc
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the sun's harmful UV rays
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cosmic
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This occurs in the upper atmosphere when neutrons produced by cosmic rays interact with nitrogen atoms.
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As noted earlier, water is the most useful shielding material against cosmic rays and solar protons.
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If mutagens like cosmic rays are present then all normal mutation rates are boosted.
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A stray cosmic ray might do the same thing.
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These isotopes begin to decay as soon as the meteorites enter the Earth's atmosphere, where they become shielded from cosmic rays .
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Glaser switched his area of research from bubble chambers and cosmic rays to molecular biology and biophysics.
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Deep space, however, is saturated with cosmic rays .
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These minerals receive radiation both internally, from the ceramic, and externally, from the burial environment and cosmic rays .
harmful
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These are the harmful rays which cause skin cancer.
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It has sunscreens to protect you from the sun's harmful rays , and a unique bio-collagen complex to nourish and moisturise.
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These preparations absorb or block out the sun's harmful ultra-violet rays .
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It filters out harmful ultra-violet rays and inhibits mould growth.
light
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The radial path of a light ray in these new coordinates is which has two solutions:.
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These light rays land on a group of nerve cells in the back of your eye, called the retina.
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Suddenly I realized that the paths of these light rays could never approach one another.
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To the Hawaiian eye, waves are light rays bending round the planet from distant lands.
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So the paths of light rays in the event horizon had always to be moving parallel to, or away from, each other.
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These visits cause some disturbance to the plants and to the paths of light rays .
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Possibly the occasional spurious light ray causes a corresponding bad reading whose error is averaged out.
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We also have to take into account the passage of light rays through the highly curved space-time near the expanding object.
ultraviolet
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High up in the sky was a protective layer of gas that screened out dangerous ultraviolet rays from the sun.
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It allows an insomniac who can not get exposure to sunlight to still benefit from the regulating effects of ultraviolet rays .
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In one case, a market trader offered cheap sunglasses, claiming they protected the wearer from ultraviolet solar rays .
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They help deplete the ozone layer, allowing ultraviolet rays to cause deadly skin cancers.
uv
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All sunscreens work because they contain ingredients which either absorb or reflect UV rays before they harm and damage the skin.
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To ward off the UV rays , wear a hat and bring sunscreen.
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The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun.
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An intact Ozone Layer prevents about 99% of the sun's UV rays from reaching the Earth.
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If, for any reason, the stratospheric Ozone Layer becomes thin, its effectiveness as a barrier to UV rays decreases.
■ NOUN
cathode
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Indeed, much development work is required before cathode ray tube performance can be attained.
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Male speaker Joe was more interested in wires and cathode ray tubes.
gamma
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The radiation emitted by these isotopes consists of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays .
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The idea, in both the military and medical applications, is to use gamma rays to search for signs of radiation.
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Fresh soil samples, taken recently in the presence of journalists, are currently being investigated for gamma rays and alpha particles.
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The Director says that the Gamma rays can easily be detected at the far side of a foot of steel armor plating.
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X-rays and gamma rays are the shortest electromagnetic waves, with wavelengths less than a 1000 millionths of a centimetre.
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Indeed, both gamma rays and X-rays can be extremely damaging to living cells.
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Moreover, the detector would have to be in space, because gamma rays can not penetrate the atmosphere.
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We must lift detectors above the atmosphere to study gamma rays , X-rays, ultraviolet and long infrared radiations.
tube
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Indeed, much development work is required before cathode ray tube performance can be attained.
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The company manufactures chemicals that absorb gasses in vacuum containers such as cathode-ray tubes used in televisions and stereos.
■ VERB
catch
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He excelled when he caught fine rays of sunlight dappling the surface of a lake.
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Clothes, sleeping bags, spare canvas, all were hung up or spread out to catch a few rays of sunshine.
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The pink brick and grey slate was catching the dying rays of the sun.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soak up the sun/rays/sunshine etc
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As well as soaking up the sun, Emma says she's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City.
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But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax, socialise and soak up the sun.
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Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.
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Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.
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She had lain with Maggie beside the swimming pool and had let her whole body soak up the sun.
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The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
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Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores.
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Without it, the green machinery that soaks up the sun's energy is starved.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a gun that fires invisible rays
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The first rays of the sun pierced the canopy of leaves above us, and the forest began to wake up.
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the sun's rays
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Use a sunscreen to protect your skin against the sun's harmful rays.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A conventional lens maps each light ray to a particular point on an image plane.
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If mutagens like cosmic rays are present then all normal mutation rates are boosted.
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Like the sun's rays, sunbeds accelerate ageing and increase the chances of getting skin cancer.
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On a sunny evening you can stay to catch the last of the sun's rays highlighting Scafell's famous buttresses.