ras
pronunciation
How to pronounce ras in British English:
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- Noun:
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
Word Origin
- ras
- Ethiopian title, from Amharic ras "chief, head," from Arabic ra's.
Example
- 1. Deletes an authentication type from the ras server .
- 2. Ras laffan is a singular industrial success , but that was no foregone conclusion .
- 3. The country 's biggest refinery , in ras lanuf , went back on stream two months ago and is exporting fuel again .
- 4. In a major front east of tripoli , rebels retreated under heavy fire on the coastal road near the strategic oil-port town of ras lanuf .
- 5. More recently the uae police arrested a citizen in ras al-khaimah , one of the federation 's seven emirates , for trying to organise protests against a rise in petrol prices .