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rayons

rayons is the plural of rayon.

Meaning of rayon

Noun (1)

rayon (countable and uncountable, plural rayons)

  1. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Noun (2)

rayon (plural rayons)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A ray or beam of light.
    • Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view,
      But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe
      Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […]1591, Joachim du Bellay, “The Visions of Bellay”, in Ed[mund] Sp[enser], transl., Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC...
  2. A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it.
    • Within a rayon of a certain number of miles.1878, Lady Herbert, transl., Hübner’s Ramble, part iii, chapter i, page 459
    Synonyms:
    radius

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Proper noun capitalized: Rayons

Rayons

  1. (plural) plural of Rayon

Questions about rayons

What is rayons the plural of?
Rayons is the plural of rayon.
What part of speech is rayons?
Rayons is a proper noun.

Words near rayons in the dictionary

  1. Rayonnism
  2. Rayonnist
  3. Rayonnists
  4. rayonny
  5. rayonné
  6. rayons
  7. Rayos
  8. raypath
  9. raypaths
  10. rayproof
  11. raypunk

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