Array

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
              Each horseman drew his battle blade.  --Campbell.
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              These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
                                                    --Farrar.
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     2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to
        envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
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              Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
                                                    --Gen. xli.?.
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              In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
                                                    --Trumbull.
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     3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a
        cause; that is, to call them man by man. --Blackstone.
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     {To array a panel}, to set forth in order the men that are
        impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins.
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     Syn: To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
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     2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
        collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
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              A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
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     3. An imposing series of things.
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              Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
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     4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
        beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  array
       n 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 [syn: {raiment}, {regalia}]
       4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional
          characteristics
       v 1: lay out in a line [syn: {range}, {lay out}, {set out}]
       2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: {align}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  290 Moby Thesaurus words for "array":
     Indian file, adduce, adorn, advance, align, allege, allocate,
     allocation, allot, allotment, apparel, apportion, apportionment,
     armed force, armed service, army, arrange, arrangement, arranging,
     arraying, articulation, attire, bank, batch, beautify, bedeck,
     bedizen, bedizenment, bedrape, blazon, body, bring forward,
     bring on, bring to bear, bunch, bundle, bundle up, buzz,
     career soldiers, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction,
     chaining, clad, clothe, clothes, clothing, clump, cluster, clutch,
     collation, collocate, collocation, color, compose, concatenation,
     concord, connection, consecution, constitution, continuum,
     cool off, costume, course, cycle, dandify, deal, deal out, deck,
     deck out, decorate, deploy, deployment, descent, dight, disposal,
     dispose, disposition, distribute, distribution, dizen, doll up,
     drape, drapery, dress, dress up, dressing, drone, dud, duds,
     embellish, emblazon, embroider, enclothe, endless belt,
     endless round, endue, enrich, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap,
     exhibition, exposing, fanfare, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fig,
     fig out, fighting machine, file, filiation, fix, fix up, forces,
     form, formation, formulation, furbish, gamut, garb, garment,
     garments, garnish, gear, grace, gradation, grade, ground forces,
     ground troops, guise, gussy up, habiliment, habilitate, habit,
     harmonize, harmony, hierarchize, host, hum, invest, investiture,
     investment, lap, lay out, layout, legions, line, line up, lineage,
     linen, lineup, lot, marshal, marshaling, methodize,
     military establishment, monotone, muffle up, nexus, normalize,
     occupation force, offer, order, ordering, organization, organize,
     ornament, pacify, paint, panoply, parade, paratroops, parcel out,
     peace, pendulum, periodicity, place, placement, plead, plenum,
     pomp, powder train, prank, prank up, preen, present, prettify,
     primp, primp up, prink, prink up, produce, progression, proportion,
     queue, quiet, quietude, rag out, rags, raiment, rally, range, rank,
     rank and file, ranks, recurrence, redecorate, redo, refurbish,
     regiment, regimentation, regular army, regularity, regularize,
     regulars, regulate, reticulation, robe, robes, rotation, round,
     routine, routinize, row, run, scale, sequence, series, set,
     set off, set out, set up, setup, sheathe, shine, show, showing,
     shroud, single file, ski troops, smarten, smarten up, soldiery,
     space, spectrum, sportswear, spruce up, standardize, standing army,
     storm troops, string, string out, structure, structuring, style,
     succession, swaddle, swath, swathe, symmetry, syntax, system,
     systematize, the line, the military, thread, threads, tier, tire,
     titivate, togs, toilette, train, tranquilize, tranquillity,
     trick out, trick up, trim, troops, uniformity, vestment, vesture,
     wear, wearing apparel, windrow, wrap, wrap up
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  array
       
          1.  A collection of identically typed data items
          distinguished by their indices (or "subscripts").  The number
          of dimensions an array can have depends on the language but is
          usually unlimited.
       
          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.  A {processor array}, not to be confused with
          an {array processor}.
       
          (1995-01-25)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ARRAY, practice. The whole body of jurors summoned to attend a court, as
  they are arrayed or arranged on the panel. Vide Challenges, and Dane's Ab.
  Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 536; Com. Dig. Challenge, B.