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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ra has 3 senses
- ra(n = noun.substance) atomic number 88, radium - an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores; Array is a kind of metal, metallic element
- ra(n = noun.person) re - ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods; Array is a kind of egyptian deity
- ra(n = noun.location) celestial longitude, right ascension - (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees" is a kind of angular distance
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ra, abbr.
1 a (in the UK) Royal Academy. b (in the UK) Royal Academician.
2 (in the UK) Royal Artillery.
3 right ascension.
1 a (in the UK) Royal Academy. b (in the UK) Royal Academician.
2 (in the UK) Royal Artillery.
3 right ascension.
ra, symb. Chem. the element radium.
THESAURUS
ra
Amen-Ra, Anubis, Apollo, Bast, Helios, Horus, Hyperion, Isis, Khem, Min, Neph, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Ptah, Savitar, Set, Shamash, Sol, Surya, Thoth, TitanROGET THESAURUS
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Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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