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ar·ray
I. \əˈrā, aˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English arayen, arrayen, from Old French areer, arayer, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin arredare to arrange, from Latin ad- + (assumed) Vulgar Latin redare to provide, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic garaiths arranged — more at ready
1.
a. : to set or place in order : draw up : marshal
< time to array his men at the townward wall — A.C.Whitehead >
< served only to array public sentiment … against the owners — W.J.Ghent >
b. : to set or set forth in order (as a jury) for the trial of a cause : call (as a jury) man by man
2. : to clothe or dress especially in splendid or impressive attire : dress up : deck out : adorn
< did she not array herself in what seemed unbelievably beautiful clothes — Sherwood Anderson >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English aray, array, from Old French arrai, arroi, aroi order, arrangement, dress, from areer, arayer
1.
a. : a regular and imposing grouping or arrangement : order
< tending to place the great geographical interests in hostile array — U.B.Phillips >
b. : military order
< with horse and chariots ranked in loose array — John Milton >
c.
(1) : an orderly listing of jurors impaneled
(2) : jury
d. : a group of individuals or kinds of individuals that has a definite modal point forming a center of variation
< an interesting array of halophiles >
2.
a. : clothing, attire
< clad in white array >
b. : rich or beautiful apparel : finery
< my silks and fine array — William Blake >
3.
a. : the summoning of a military force
b. : a body of soldiers : militia
< the rule was established that foreign wars should be conducted by the feudal array — Edward Jenks >
4.
a. : an imposing group of company or persons : large number
< such an array of attorneys — Sinclair Lewis >
b. : an impressive list, series, or group of things : supply, display
< it revives the past as no array of facts can do — H.C.Perkins >
< this rather bewildering array of records and playing equipment — Herbert Kupferberg >
5.
a. : a number of mathematical elements arranged in rows and columns
< a square determinant array >
< a rectangular array >
b. : a series of statistical observations or data arranged in classes in order of magnitude : a statistical distribution
6. : antenna array
Synonyms: see display
III. transitive verb
: to arrange or display in or as if in an array
< the … data are arrayed in descending order — Ed Burnett >
IV. noun
1. : an arrangement of computer memory elements in a single plane
2. : a group of elements forming a complete unit
< an array of solar cells >
3. : a data structure in which similar elements of data are arranged in a table |