array

[ uh-rey ]

/ əˈreɪ /

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verb (used with object)

to place in proper or desired order; marshal: Napoleon arrayed his troops for battle.

to clothe with garments, especially of an ornamental kind; dress up; deck out: She arrayed herself in furs and diamonds.

noun

order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle.

military force, especially a body of troops.

a large and impressive grouping or organization of things: He couldn't dismiss the array of facts.

regular order or arrangement; series: an array of figures.

a large group, number, or quantity of people or things: an impressive array of scholars; an imposing array of books.

attire; dress: in fine array.

an arrangement of interrelated objects or items of equipment for accomplishing a particular task: thousands of solar cells in one vast array.

Mathematics, Statistics.

an arrangement of a series of terms according to value, as from largest to smallest.
an arrangement of a series of terms in some geometric pattern, as in a matrix.

Computers. a block of related data elements, each of which is usually identified by one or more subscripts.

Radio. antenna array.

Nearby words

arrant, arrantly, arras, arrau, arrau, claudio, array, arrayal, arrayed, arrear, arrearage, arrears

Origin of array

1250–1300; Middle English arrayen < Anglo-French arayer, Old French are(y)er < Germanic; compare Old English ārǣdan to prepare, equivalent to ā- a-³ + ræde ready

SYNONYMS FOR array

1 arrange, range, order, dispose.

2 apparel, dress, attire; ornament, adorn, decorate.

3 disposition.

5 show, exhibit, exhibition.

8 raiment.

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Related formsar·ray·er, nounun·ar·rayed, adjectivewell-ar·rayed, adjective

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At last, arrayed in David's coat as a substitute, over her own dainty garments, little Barbedie Pelham fell to repose.
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She arrayed herself most carefully and they started off, extending excuses upstairs.
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Against these were arrayed six thousand trained soldiers and a vast host of undisciplined rabble.
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British Dictionary definitions for arrayed

array

/ (əˈreɪ) /

noun

an impressive display or collection

an orderly or regular arrangement, esp of troops in battle order

poetic rich clothing; apparel

maths a sequence of numbers or symbols in a specified order

maths a set of numbers or symbols arranged in rows and columns, as in a determinant or matrix

electronics an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics, used esp in radar

law a panel of jurors

the arming of military forces

computing a regular data structure in which individual elements may be located by reference to one or more integer index variables, the number of such indices being the number of dimensions in the array

verb (tr)

to dress in rich attire; adorn

to arrange in order (esp troops for battle); marshal

law to draw up (a panel of jurors)

Derived Formsarrayal, noun

Word Origin for array

C13: from Old French aroi arrangement, from arayer to arrange, of Germanic origin; compare Old English arǣdan to make ready

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Word Origin and History for arrayed (1 of 2)

array

early 14c., from stem of Old French areer "to put in order," from Vulgar Latin *ar-redare (source of Italian arredare), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + Frankish *ræd- "ready" or some cognate Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *raidjan "to place in order" (cf. Gothic garadis, Old English geræde "ready;" see ready (adj.)). Related: Arrayed; arraying.

Word Origin and History for arrayed (1 of 2)

array

mid-14c., "order, arrangement," from Anglo-French arrai, Old French aroi, from areer (see array (v.)).

Science definitions for arrayed

array

[ ə-rā′ ]

Mathematics A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and columns, as in a matrix.

Numerical data ordered in a linear fashion, by magnitude.

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