rays

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The gamma rays are the longest, perhaps three inches long, and it is these rays which effect cures, for they check the abnormal and stimulate the normal cells.

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  1. noun A thin line or narrow beam of light or other radiant energy.
  2. noun A graphic or other representation of such a line.
  3. noun Radiance; light.

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  • You might say that the rays are admitted at the magnetic poles while those which appear elsewhere managed to climb the fence, said fence-climbing growing more difficult with distance from the magnetic poles. —  JULY, 1953 VOL
  • Sonnanstine from the rays is a control guy and he's done a good job in Tampa. —  Blog updates
  • Gamma rays are all high energy bits of light but some of them have higher energy than others so we call these hard gamma rays and soft gamma rays. —  Astronomy Cast
  • Pamela: We have the bluer gamma rays and the redder gamma rays, all of which are bluer than x-rays (we're just going to use blue and red to mean higher and lower). —  Astronomy Cast
  • Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light in the electromagnetic spectrum and cannot be seen by the naked eye. —  Skycontrol
 

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