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ar⋅ray
[uh-rey] 
| 1. | to place in proper or desired order; marshal: Napoleon arrayed his troops for battle. |
| 2. | to clothe with garments, esp. of an ornamental kind; dress up; deck out: She arrayed herself in furs and diamonds. |
| 3. | order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle. |
| 4. | military force, esp. a body of troops. |
| 5. | a large and impressive grouping or organization of things: He couldn't dismiss the array of facts. |
| 6. | regular order or arrangement; series: an array of figures. |
| 7. | a large group, number, or quantity of people or things: an impressive array of scholars; an imposing array of books. |
| 8. | attire; dress: in fine array. |
| 9. | an arrangement of interrelated objects or items of equipment for accomplishing a particular task: thousands of solar cells in one vast array. |
| 10. | Mathematics, Statistics.
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| 11. | Computers. a block of related data elements, each of which is usually identified by one or more subscripts. |
| 12. | Radio. antenna array. |
1250–1300; ME arrayen < AF arayer, OF are(y)er < Gmc; cf. OE ārǣdan to prepare, equiv. to ā- a- 3 + ræde ready
Related forms:
1. arrange, range, order, dispose. 2. apparel, dress, attire; ornament, adorn, decorate. 3. disposition. 5. show, exhibit, exhibition. 8. raiment.
antenna array
| a directional antenna or system of antennas for radio transmission or reception. |
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| ar·ray (ə-rā') tr.v. ar·rayed, ar·ray·ing, ar·rays
[Middle English arraien, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Vulgar Latin *arrēdāre; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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array
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Main Entry: 1ar·ray
Pronunciation: &-'rA
Function: transitive verb
: to set (a jury) for trial; specifically : to set (a jury) by calling out the names of the jurors one at a time —compare IMPANEL
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array (ə-rā') Pronunciation Key
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array
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An array is a kind of aggregate data type. A single ordinary variable (a "scalar") could be considered as a zero-dimensional array. A one-dimensional array is also known as a "vector".
A reference to an array element is written something like A[i,j,k] where A is the array name and i, j and k are the indices. The C language is peculiar in that each index is written in separate brackets, e.g. A[i][j][k]. This expresses the fact that, in C, an N-dimensional array is actually a vector, each of whose elements is an N-1 dimensional array.
Elements of an array are usually stored contiguously. Languages differ as to whether the leftmost or rightmost index varies most rapidly, i.e. whether each row is stored contiguously or each column (for a 2D array).
Arrays are appropriate for storing data which must be accessed in an unpredictable order, in contrast to lists which are best when accessed sequentially. Array indices are integers, usually natural numbers, whereas the elements of an associative array are identified by strings.
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