Word: array Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Vulgar Latin *arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready. Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪ/, /əˈɹæɪ/, /ˈə.reː/, /əˈreː/, /ˈæː.reː/ 1. Clothing and ornamentation; raiment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sovay, Sovay all on a day, She dressed herself in man's array, With a sword and a pistol all by her side, To meet her true love to meet her true love away did ride. Example: In this Remembrance Emily e’re day / Aroſe, and dreſs’d her ſelf in rich Array […] 2. A collection laid out to be viewed in full. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties! Example: Upon leaving the center, I photographed the colorful array of petunias decorating the square in purple, pink, yellow, white, and magenta. 3. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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 Example: SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 — Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern California’s major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to purchase 550 megawatts of solar power to be generated by troughlike arrays of mirrors spread over nine square miles in the Mojave Desert. 4. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: drawn up in battle array Example: wedged together in the closest array 5. A large collection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We offer a dazzling array of choices. Example: Again his waves in milder tints unfold / Their long array of sapphire and of gold, / Mixt with the shades of many a distant isle, / That frown—where gentler ocean seems to smile. 6. A matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A militia. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A group of hedgehogs. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable 11. A microarray. Labels: countable, uncountable