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raio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
  • lightning adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  • radius noun A straight line from the center of a circle or sphere to its edge, or the length of that line.
  • range noun The full span between the lowest and highest of something, such as values, prices, or distances.
  • ray noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
  • spoke noun One of the thin rods that run from the hub of a wheel out to its rim.
  • thunderbolt noun A flash of lightning together with the crash of thunder that comes with it.

Senses

raio is used for these senses in English:

  • lightning A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  • lightning A discharge of this kind.
  • radius (geometry) The length of this line segment.
  • range (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
  • shaft (literary) A beam or ray of light.
  • spoke A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
  • thunderbolt A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

beam — full definition

  1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
  2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
  3. noun A wide, happy smile.
  4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
  5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

lightning — full definition

  1. adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  2. verb To produce flashes of lightning during a storm.

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