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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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succession
English
Etymology
From Old French succession, from Latin successio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s?k?s??.?n/
Noun
succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)
- An act of following in sequence.
- A sequence of things in order.
- A passing of royal powers.
- A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
- A race or series of descendants.
- (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
- A right to take possession.
- (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
- (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Synonyms
- (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
- (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence
Derived terms
- successional
- successionary
Related terms
- successive
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syk.s?.sj??/
Noun
succession f (plural successions)
- succession
- Series
- Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
Derived terms
- droits de succession
Further reading
- “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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