Meaning of Array | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
   countable, uncountable
2. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
   countable, uncountable
3. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
   countable, uncountable
4. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
   countable, uncountable
5. A large collection.
   countable, uncountable
6. A matrix.
   countable, uncountable
7. Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
   countable, uncountable
8. A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
   countable, uncountable
9. A militia.
   countable, uncountable
10. A group of hedgehogs.
    countable, uncountable
11. A microarray.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Sovay, Sovay all on a day, She dressed herself in man's array, With a sword and a pistol all by her side, To meet her true love to meet her true love away did ride.”

“In this Remembrance Emily e’re day / Aroſe, and dreſs’d her ſelf in rich Array […]”

“The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!”

“Upon leaving the center, I photographed the colorful array of petunias decorating the square in purple, pink, yellow, white, and magenta.”

“But the chivalry of France was represented by as gallant an array of nobles and cavaliers as ever fought under the banner of the lilies”

“SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 — Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern California’s major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to purchase 550 megawatts of solar power to be generated by troughlike arrays of mirrors spread over nine square miles in the Mojave Desert.”

“drawn up in battle array”

“wedged together in the closest array”

“He turned it gently, and sidled his face in, round the door. They were looking at the table (which was spread out in great array); for these young housekeepers are always nervous on such points, and like to see that everything is right.”

“We offer a dazzling array of choices.”

“Again his waves in milder tints unfold / Their long array of sapphire and of gold, / Mixt with the shades of many a distant isle, / That frown—where gentler ocean seems to smile.”

“Mario Balotelli, in the headlines for accidentally setting his house ablaze with fireworks, put City on their way with goals either side of the interval as United struggled to contain the array of attacking talent in front of them.”

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