Half-ray

Half-ray
Half-ray Half"-ray` (-r[=a]`), n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions. [1913 Webster]

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