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Rayon
//ˈɹeɪɒn// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Spanish.
Noun
- 1 A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. countable, uncountable
- 2 A ray or beam of light. obsolete, rare
"Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view, But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […]"
- 3 Alternative spelling of raion. alt-of, alternative
- 4 a synthetic silklike fabric wordnet
- 5 A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it.
"Within a rayon of a certain number of miles."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“a beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton.
Etymology 2
From Middle French rayon [1539], from Old French rai (whence English ray), from Latin rādius (whence English radius).
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 4
Anglicization of Spanish Rayón.
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