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Potential solutions to the problem include building radiation shielding around quantum computers or locating them underground, where cosmic rays aren’t able to penetrate so easily.

It was founded by the Bentley brothers—Barry, Keith, Ray, and Greg—in 1984.

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As seniors, we finally got to take the computer graphics course we were so looking forward to, learning many amazing ways to visually express the world using code—for example, with ray tracing and particle simulation.

When they create lower-energy gamma rays, those gamma rays won’t be pointed at us.

These particles then collide with other photons, turning them into low-energy gamma rays.

"He brought Ray Charles to the mix as an influence on rock & roll," E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt once raved.

An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.

This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?

Thanks to CompStat and strategies added by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, crime continued to decline.

I have been a Ray Harryhausen fan since I was six or seven years old.

A ray of Consciousness is passed over that impression and you re-read it, you re-awaken the record.

Gordon turned his pleading eyes on his old friend without a ray of concession; but for a moment he hesitated.

Presently a ray of inspiration dispelled the cloud from the features of the battered man.

The landing was in darkness, but as Gunn spoke he directed the ray of a pocket lamp upon a bronze plate bearing the name "Kazmah."

But the ray had shone upon the frosted glass long enough to enable Kerry to read the words painted there in square black letters.

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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ray, such as: glimmer, light, radiation, bar, blaze, and blink.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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