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ARRAY
array
(noun) an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
array, raiment, regalia
(noun) especially fine or decorative clothing
array
(noun) an impressive display; “it was a bewildering array of books”; “his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall”
array
(noun) an orderly arrangement; “an array of troops in battle order”
align, array
(verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
range, array, lay out, set out
(verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; “lay out the clothes”; “lay out the arguments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
array (countable and uncountable, plural arrays)
Clothing and ornamentation.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
A large collection.
(mathematics) Common name for matrix.
(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
(legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
(military) A militia.
A group of hedgehogs.
A microarray.
Usage notes
• (any of various data structures): The exact usage of the term array, and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".
Antonyms
• (orderly series): disarray
Hyponyms
(mathematics: Hyponyms of array):
• Costas array
• intersection array
• Monge array
• standard array
(programming: Hyponyms of array):
• associative array
• bit array
• dynamic array
• jagged array
• multidimensional array
• parallel array
• ragged array
• sparse array
• variable-length array
(technology: Hyponyms of array):
• antenna array
• color filter array/colour filter array
• disc array
• gate array
• Halbach array
• linear diode array
• microphone array
• parametric array
• photovoltaic array
• processor array
• reconfigurable datapath array
• staring array
• systolic array
• Video Graphics Array
• Wi-Fi array
Verb
array (third-person singular simple present arrays, present participle arraying, simple past and past participle arrayed)
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
(legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Synonyms
• (to clothe and ornament): don, dress, put on; see also clothe or decorate
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*ray", n. Etym: [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry.]
1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.
2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.
3. An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.
4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden.
5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount.
– Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.
Ar*ray", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying.] Etym: [OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See Array, n.]
1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell. These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar.
2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli. In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull.
3. (Law)
Definition: To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. Blackstone. To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins.
Syn.
– To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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