different between mixture vs array

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixt?ra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misce? (“mix”); compare mix.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: m?ks?ch?r, IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• Hyphenation: mix?ture

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

   The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

2. Something produced by mixing.

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

   A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms

• cough mixture

Related terms

• mix
• mixer

Translations

Further reading

• mixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

mixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of mixt?rus

Portuguese

Verb

mixture

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mixturar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mixturar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mixturar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mixturar

Spanish

Verb

mixture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mixturar.

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)

1. Clothing and ornamentation.
2. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
3. 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

4. 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

5. A large collection.
   • 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair

     their long array of sapphire and of gold

   We offer a dazzling array of choices.
6. (mathematics) Common name for matrix.
7. (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.
8. (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.
9. (military) A militia.
10. A group of hedgehogs.
11. 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)

1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
3. (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)

1. (programming) array (any of various data structures)

   Synonym: vetor