Meaning of किरण in English

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
The pole of a carriage.
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
The straight part or shank of an anchor.
The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
To emit beams of light.
To array.
To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
Array; order; arrangement; dress.
One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.
A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.
Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
To mark with long lines; to streak.
To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
To shine, as with rays.
Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.