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array
English
Etymology
From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Medieval Latin arr?d? (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *r?dum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *reida (“preparation, order”) or Gothic ???????????????????????????? (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Doublet of ready.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???e?/, /?æ.????/ (UK)
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
array (countable and uncountable, plural arrays)
- Clothing and ornamentation.
- A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- 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
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- drawn up in battle array
- wedged together in the closest array
- A large collection.
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
- their long array of sapphire and of gold
- We offer a dazzling array of choices.
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
- (mathematics) Common name for matrix.
- (programming) 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.
- (law) 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.
- (military) A militia.
- A group of hedgehogs.
- A microarray.
Usage notes
- (any of various data structures): The exact usage of the term array, and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".
Antonyms
- (orderly series): disarray
Hyponyms
Related terms
Translations
References
See also
- (any of various data structures): ones-based indexing, zero-based indexing
Verb
array (third-person singular simple present arrays, present participle arraying, simple past and past participle arrayed)
- To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
- To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- (law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Synonyms
- (to clothe and ornament): don, dress, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe or Thesaurus:decorate
Translations
Portuguese
Etymology
From English array.
Noun
array m (plural arrays)
- (programming) array (any of various data structures)
- Synonym: vetor
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shock
English
Alternative forms
- choque (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k, -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkan? (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakan? (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kAg'-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). More at shog.
Noun
shock (countable and uncountable, plural shocks)
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:surprise
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shokku)
- ? Korean: ?? (syokeu)
Translations
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
- They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “shock”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Etymology 2
Variant of shag.
Noun
shock (plural shocks)
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
- Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.
- (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
- When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
Anagrams
- Kosch, hocks
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (invariable)
- shock (medical; violent or unexpected event)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (plural shocks)
- shock
Derived terms
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