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SHAFT OF LIGHT

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A column of light (as from a beacon)play

Synonyms:

beam; beam of light; irradiation; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft; shaft of light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("shaft of light" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaft of light"):

heat ray (a ray that produces a thermal effect)

high beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination)

moon-ray; moon ray; moonbeam (a ray of moonlight)

sunbeam; sunray (a ray of sunlight)

laser beam (a beam of light generated by a laser)

low beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance)

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