rayon

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
2. (obsolete, rare)A ray or beam of light.

   “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, […]”

   “The rayons of the Sunne we see, Diminish in their strength.”

   “Here stood A cave,…unreached by rayons of the Sun.”

3. 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.”

   “I found myself within his rayon at Newcastle, which is one of his bases of supply.”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of raion.

name

1. A surname from Spanish.