Multidimensional-array definition
(programming) A data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.
noun
(programming) Any abstraction, usually a memory resident data structure, that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space.
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Noun
Singular:
multidimensional-array
Plural:
multidimensional arrays