array
array
Definition
ar·ray (ə rā′)
transitive verb
- to place in order; marshal (troops for battle, etc.)
- to dress in fine or showy attire; deck out
Etymology: ME arraien < OFr areer < ML *arredare, to put in order < L ad-, to + Gmc *raid-: for IE base see ride
noun
- an orderly grouping or arrangement, esp. of troops
- troops in order; military force
- an impressive display of assembled persons or things
- fine clothes; finery
- Comput. a group of two or more logically related elements, identified by a single name and usually stored in consecutive storage locations in main memory
- Math., Statistics a systematic arrangement of numbers or symbols in rows and columns
array
Synonyms
array
n.
Formal order
design, pattern, arrangement; see order 3.Relatively formal dress
full dress, fashion, evening dress, apparel, attire, dress clothes, finery; see also clothes.An impressive grouping
collection, assemblage, host; see collection 2, crowd 1, display 2.
array
Law Definition
n
A group of people called into court at the same time for potential jury duty.
From such a group the members of a jury or juries will be selected.
n
The members of such a group who are empaneled to be a jury.
v
To empanel a jury for a trial.
n
The list of empaneled
jurors.
v
To call out the names of the
jurors as each is empaneled.
array
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- byte: Suppose you clear an array of 10,000 bytes in your program by going around a loop made up of two instructions 10,000 times.
- transfertype: Throws: ClassCastException - If pixel is not null and is not a primitive array of type transferType.
- pointer: In order to implement a list which can contain items of differing types an array of pointers is first declared.
Converse of object
- bewilder: Note how this trial covers a bewildering array of outcomes.
- boast: Winchester A paradise for shopping connoisseurs, Winchester boasts a tempting array of independent shops, boutiques and art galleries in scenic settings.
- declare: These lengths can be used to declare character arrays to store such strings.
Adjective modifier
- vast: Our selection spans a vast array of what is on offer in the marketplace.
- dazzling: Nowhere else on planet earth can you find such a dazzling array of choices for a theme wedding.
- two-dimensional: The columns of this two-dimensional array correspond to the sample populations.
- impressive: All told, an impressive array of tempting targets.
- primitive: The transferType is the type of primitive array used to represent pixel values.
- specified: Checksum Updates the current checksum with the specified array of bytes. update ( byte[ ] , int, int ).
Modifies a noun
- subscript: The range of an F77 array subscript is assumed to be 1 to n, where n is the dimension corresponding to that subscript.
- element: How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
Noun used with modifier
- byte: Image The byte array to be written to the NRIF file.
- integer: Image A byte or integer array of either two or three dimensions, containing the image to be written.
- diode: Another measure of displacement is given by the total photo diode array output.
- variance: The output bad-pixel flag is set to indicate no bad values in the data and variance arrays.
- data: The suggested default is the data type of the data array in the IN NDF.
- cdna: Rat Arrays Production of rat cDNA expression arrays will begin in early 2002.
Browse dictionary entries near array
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