2. (noun) (mathematics) ray.
hihī
1. (verb) to make a hissing noise, hiss, sizzle.
Ka tīmata ia ki te pīra riki ki roto i te parai, ka mea atu he hinu me ngā toenga kai. Hihī mai ana ngā kai i runga i te tō (TAH 52:8). / She began to slice the onions into the frying pan and added the dripping and the leftovers. The food was sizzling on the stove.
Synonyms: whakahihī
2. (noun) feeler (of crayfish), antenna, sucker, thin shoot, tendril (of plants), tentacle (of Portuguese man-of-war), sliver, baleen - any long slender appendage.
Synonyms: pāhau, pāhautea, hihi tohorā
3. (noun) straight line (maths).
4. (noun) stitchbird, Notiomystis cincta - a rare endemic forest bird, the male has a black head, upper breast and back, bordered by golden yellow across the breast. White tufts behind the eyes and yellow shoulder patch. Female grayish brown with white wingbar.
Synonyms: kōhihi, kōtihe, kōtihe wera, kōtihetihe, matakiore, mōtihetihe, tiora, tihe, tioro
2. (noun) radio waves.
hihi tūrama
1. (noun) ray of light.
Synonyms: hihi aho
hihi aho
1. (noun) ray of light.
Ko te whakapikonga o tētahi hihi aho ina whakawhiti taua hihi mai i tētahi whaitua pūataata ki tētahi. Hei tauira, ka hakoko te hihi aho, e whakawhiti ana mai i te hau takiwā ki te wai. Ka hakoko te hihi aho nā te mea he pōturi ake te ngaru aho i roto i te wai, tēnā i te hau takiwā (RP 2009:183). / The bending of a ray of light when that ray passes from one transparent medium to another. For example, a ray of light bends when travelling from air into water. It bends because the light wave travels slower in water than it does in air (RP 2009:183)
Synonyms: hihi tūrama