Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Array \Ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Arraying}.] [OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier,
   arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See {Array}, n.]
   1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to
      marshal.

            By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman
            drew his battle blade.                --Campbell.

            These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
                                                  --Farrar.

   2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to
      envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

            Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
                                                  --Gen. xli.?.

            In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
                                                  --Trumbull.

   3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a
      cause; that is, to call them man by man. --Blackstone.

   {To array a panel}, to set forth in order the men that are
      impaneled. --Cowell. --Tomlins.

   Syn: To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order.

Array \Ar*ray"\, n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
   order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
   rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
   raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
   rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. {Ready},
   {Greith}, {Curry}.]
   1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
      regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
      battle array.

            Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.

   2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
      collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

            A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.

   3. An imposing series of things.

            Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.

   4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
      beautiful apparel. --Dryden.

   5. (Law)
      (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
          officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
      (b) The panel itself.
      (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

   {To challenge the array} (Law), to except to the whole panel.
      --Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.

   {Commission of array} (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
      prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
      the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
      --Blackstone.

Source : WordNet®

array
     n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"
     2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of
        books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the
        basement wall"
     3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: {raiment}, {regalia}]
     4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional
        characteristics
     v 1: lay out in a line [syn: {range}, {lay out}, {set out}]
     2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: {align}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

array
     
        1.  A collection of identically typed data items
        distinguished by their indices (or "subscripts").  The number
        of dimensions an array can have depends on the language but is
        usually unlimited.
     
        An array is a kind of {aggregate} data type.  A single
        ordinary variable (a "{scalar}") could be considered as a
        zero-dimensional array.  A one-dimensional array is also known
        as a "{vector}".
     
        A reference to an array element is written something like
        A[i,j,k] where A is the array name and i, j and k are the
        indices.  The {C} language is peculiar in that each index is
        written in separate brackets, e.g. A[i][j][k].  This expresses
        the fact that, in C, an N-dimensional array is actually a
        vector, each of whose elements is an N-1 dimensional array.
     
        Elements of an array are usually stored contiguously.
        Languages differ as to whether the leftmost or rightmost index
        varies most rapidly, i.e. whether each row is stored
        contiguously or each column (for a 2D array).
     
        Arrays are appropriate for storing data which must be accessed
        in an unpredictable order, in contrast to {lists} which are
        best when accessed sequentially.
     
        See also {associative array}.
     
        2.  A {processor array}, not to be confused with
        an {array processor}.
     
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