Ray may refer to:

Fish

* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin

Science and mathematics

* Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph *

Ray (optics) In optics a ray is an idealized geometrical model of light, obtained by choosing a curve that is perpendicular to the ''wavefronts'' of the actual light, and that points in the direction of energy flow. Rays are used to model the propagation ...

, an idealized narrow beam of light *

Ray (quantum theory) In mathematics and the foundations of quantum mechanics, the projective Hilbert space P(H) of a complex Hilbert space H is the set of equivalence classes of non-zero vectors v in H, for the relation \sim on H given by :w \sim v if and only if v = \ ...

, an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state

Arts and entertainment

Music

* The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) *

Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), known professionally as Ray J, is an American singer, actor, and television personality. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of recording a ...

, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ray'' (Bump of Chicken album) * ''Ray'' (Frazier Chorus album) * ''Ray'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) * ''Rays'' (Michael Nesmith album) (former Monkee) * ''Ray'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack of the film ''Ray'' * ''Ray'' (EP), an album by Panic Channel * "Ray" (song), a song by Millencolin * Ray or re, the second scale degree in solfege

Fictional characters

* Ray Barone, main character in the American sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' *

Ray Donovan ''Ray Donovan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime. The twelve-episode first season premiered on June 30, 2013. The pilot episode broke viewership records, becoming the biggest premiere of all ...

, titular main character in the American TV drama series ''Ray Donovan'' * Father Ray Mukada, priest character in the American TV drama series ''Oz'' * Ray, a character in the television series ''

Bear in the Big Blue House ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it aire ...

'' * Ray, a firefly in the 2009 animated Disney film ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the ...

'' * Ray Stantz, a main character in the American film ''Ghostbusters'' * Ray, a protagonist in '' Ray the Animation'', a science fiction anime television series * Ray, a main character in the Canadian television series ''Rusty Rivets'' * Ray the Flying Squirrel, a video game character from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' * Ray (comics), a DC Comics character * Ray (Ray Terrill), the second version of the character * Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray in the '' Finding Nemo'' franchise

Other media

* ''Ray'' (art journal), a British little magazine * ''Ray'' (manga), a manga and anime series about a doctor with X-ray vision * ''Ray'' (film), a 2004 film biography of African-American singer Ray Charles * ''Ray'' (TV series), a 2021 Netflix anthology series based on Satyajit Ray's stories * ''The Ray'' (Chardin), a 1728 painting by Jean Simeon Chardin

People

* Ray (surname) * Ray (given name) *

Ray (wrestler) Ray (February 14, 1982 – August 30, 2018) was a Hong Kong professional wrestler. After being trained by Emi Sakura, Ray made her professional wrestling debut in September 2003 and would for the next several years wrestle under different masks, b ...

, from Hong Kong

Places

Iran

Ray, Iran Shahr-e Ray ( fa, شهر ری, ) or simply Ray (Shar e Ray; ) is the capital of Ray County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municip ...

, a city in the Greater Tehran metropolis ** Ray County, Tehran Province * Ray, South Khorasan, a small village

Russia

* Ray (Smolensk region) * Ray, Belgorod Oblast

United Kingdom

* River Ray, South East England *

River Ray, Wiltshire The River Ray is a tributary of the River Thames in England which flows through Wiltshire. The river rises at Wroughton to the south of Swindon and runs in a generally northern direction, passing to the west of the town via Shaw. Near Roughm ...

, South West England

United States

* Ray, Alabama * Ray, Arizona * Ray, Indiana and Michigan, Steuben and Branch counties * Ray Township, Michigan, Macomb County *

Ray, Minnesota Ray is an unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located southeast of International Falls at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53) and State Highway 217 (MN 217). County Roads 3, 29, and 1 ...

Ray County, Missouri Ray County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,158. Its county seat is Richmond. The county was organized N ...

Ray, North Dakota Ray is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 740 at the 2020 census. History Ray was founded in 1902. The city was named in honor of Al G. Ray, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Ra ...

Elsewhere

* Ray, a Cambodian village in

Ke Chong Keh Chong ( km, ឃុំកិះចុង) is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia. It contains nine villages and has a population of 2,415. In the 2007 commune council elections, four of its seats went to the Cambodian People' ...

Mount Ray (British Columbia) Mount Ray, also known as Ray Mountain, is a subglacial mound in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Mount Ray last erupted during the Pleistocene. It is part of the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field. The lava flows were rest ...

, a Canadian volcano * Ray, Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland * Ray, Jharkhand, India

Technology

* Rays Linux, a defunct Chinese operating system *

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray (ST18i) is an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson. It was unveiled on 22 June 2011 in Singapore during CommunicAsia 2011. It was announced that the Xperia ray would be released globally in select countries from Q3 ...

, a 2011 smartphone

Transportation

Vehicles

Kia Ray The Kia Ray is a city car manufactured by Kia exclusively for the South Korean domestic market. Based on the Kia Picanto/Morning, it was specifically developed in compliance with the "light car" ( ko, 경차, translit=Gyeongcha) category that ...

, a 2011–present South Korean city car * Kia Ray (2010 concept vehicle), a 2010 South Korean mid-size concept sedan *

Mitsuoka Ray The Mitsuoka Ray is a compact car produced by Mitsuoka. The first generation was a heavily modified 3rd generation Mazda Carol. It has a 52-58 hp 660 cc gasoline engine. It has a 30-40L fuel tank. The car started out with 3 doors; however, ...

, a 1996–2004 Japanese city car * USS ''Ray'', a U.S. Navy vessel

Other uses in transportation

* Raynes Park railway station, London, England (by GBR station code) * Rays Engineering, a Japanese automotive wheel manufacturer

Other uses

* Rays (retailer), an Australian outdoors store * Rāʾ ("ر"), a letter of the Arabic alphabet * Raha-automaattiyhdistys (Finland's Slot Machine Association), a Finnish gambling provider *

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

, a Major League Baseball team