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 Translation for 'ray of light' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a ray of light | rays of light
SYNO beam | beam of light | irradiation | ...
ljósgeisli {k}ray of light
Partial Matches
eðlisfr.
ljósrönd {kv}
light ray
vonarglæta {kv}ray of hope
vonarneisti {k}ray of hope
læknisfr.tannlæk.
taka röntgenmynd af e-m/e-u
to take an X-ray of sb./sth.
eðlisfr.
betageisli {k}
beta ray ray>
ljósmagn {hv}quantity of light
eðlisfr.
ljóshraði {k}
speed of light <c>
fiskifr.T
bláskata {kv} [Neoraja caerulea]
blue ray
fiskifr.T
dröfnuskata {kv} [Raja clavata]
thornback ray
tæk.tölvufr.
geislarakning {kv}
ray tracing
eðlisfr.
röntgengeisli {k}
X-ray
læknisfr.tannlæk.
röntgenmynd {kv}
X-ray
fiskifr.T
náskata {kv} [Leucoraja fullonica]
shagreen ray
fiskifr.T
tindaskata {kv} [Amblyraja radiata]
starry ray
fiskifr.T
gaddaskata {kv} [Amblyraja radiata]
starry ray
eðlisfr.rafm.
bakskautsgeisli {k}
cathode ray
röntgenfilma {kv}X-ray film
stærðf.
geisli {k}
ray [half-line]
læknisfr.
röntgenskoðun {kv}
X-ray examination
fiskifr.T
djúpskata {kv} [Rajella bathyphila]
deep water ray
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Usage Examples English
  • "The Tell-Tale Heart", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, features the use of a dark lantern by the protagonist to shine a single ray of light on his victim's eye.
  • When singer-songwriter Jewel released her fifth album "0304" in June 2003, reinventing and sexualizing her public image, music critics identified "Rock Steady" and "Ray of Light" as influences on the album.
  • He assumed ray of light was radiated from specific points on the surface.
  • to be responsible for electronica's thrust into mainstream culture, with their albums "Ray of Light" (Madonna), However, U.S.-based "AllMusic" still categorizes electronica as a top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves, as well as music for headphones and chillout areas.
  • In this variety, microscopic tubelike cavities or needle-like inclusions of rutile occur in an orientation parallel to the c-axis, producing a chatoyant effect visible as a single ray of light passing across the crystal.

  • A guided ray (also bound ray or trapped ray) is a ray of light in a multi-mode optical fiber, which is confined by the core.
  • A grating has a 'zero-order mode' (where the integer order of diffraction "m" is set to zero), in which a ray of light behaves according to the laws of reflection (like a mirror) and refraction (like a lens), respectively.
  • The platforms of Hötorget station make a brief appearance in Madonna's "Ray of Light" music video.
  • A slightly more rigorous definition of a light ray follows from Fermat's principle, which states that the path taken between two points by a ray of light is the path that can be traversed in the least time.
  • The law of reflection states that a reflected ray of light emerges from the reflecting surface at the same angle to the surface normal as the incident ray, but on the opposing side of the surface normal in the plane formed by the incident and reflected rays.

  • Anyone who loves his Self, states paragraph 6.7 of the Upanishad, loves the "Savitri" – literally, that which "vivifies, ray of light that enlivens knowledge".
  • Whenever a ray of light moves from one medium to another (such as when light enters a sheet of glass after travelling through air), some portion of the light is reflected from the surface (known as the "interface") between the two media.
  • Another mash-up that has received approval of the original artists involved is "Ray of Gob" which superimposes the vocals from Madonna's "Ray of Light" onto clips from several songs by the Sex Pistols (including "Pretty Vacant", "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K." ...
  • When a ray of light hits the boundary between two transparent materials, it is divided into a reflected and a refracted ray.
  • The ray of light was then enclothed by the anthropomorphic form of Adam Kadmon (...), which is a realm of infinite divine light without vessels, constrained by its potential to create future Existence.

  • In Sept 1845 he wrote in his notebook, "I have at last succeeded in "illuminating a magnetic curve" or "line of force" and in "magnetising a ray of light".
  • German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck afterwards said that this speech of Bebel's was a "ray of light" showing him that socialism was an enemy to be fought against and crushed.
  • Exactly at noon, when the sun is highest in the sky, a ray of light comes in through a stone slit forming a falitic shade in the cave.
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