[uh-rey] Pronunciation Key | 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. |
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(ə-rā') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ar·rayed, ar·ray·ing, ar·rays
n.
[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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noun | |
| 1. | an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" |
| 2. | an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall" |
| 3. | especially fine or decorative clothing |
| 4. | an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics |
verb | |
| 1. | lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: range] |
| 2. | align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: align] |
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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
Main Entry: 2array
Function: noun
: the group of people summoned to serve as jurors from which the jury will be chosen; also : a list of the jurors' names —see also challenge to the array at CHALLENGE —compare VENIRE
array
1.
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.
See also associative array.
2.
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Array
Ar*ray"\, n. [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. rei[eth]i 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.Array
Ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying.] [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) 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.Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











