array has definitions from the fields of physics,electronics,clothing
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[ noun ] an orderly arrangement

Examples

: "an array of troops in battle order"

Used in print

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

The concern of Utopia is with the optimo reipublicae statu , the best ordering of a civil society ; and it is again_and_again made clear that Utopian communism provides the institutional array indispensable to that best ordering .

2
[ verb ] lay out in a line

Synonyms

lay_out set_out range

Used in print

(S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)

The 34 arrows , denoting onset age plus completion age deviations , have been arrayed in an Onset sequence which begins with girl 18 who had the earliest Onset of the 34 girls .

Related terms

arrange compart

3
[ noun ] an impressive display

Examples

"it was a bewildering array of books" "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"

Related terms

display

4
[ verb ] align oneself with a group or a way of thinking

Synonyms

align

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stand fall_in_line alliance

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[ noun ] (clothing) especially fine or decorative clothing

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clothing war_paint dress

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[ noun ] (physics,electronics) an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics

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directional_antenna

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