Inflected forms: ar·rayed, ar·ray·ing, ar·rays 1. To set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement: arrayed the whole regiment on the parade ground.2. To dress in finery; adorn.
NOUN:
1. An orderly, often imposing arrangement: an array of royal jewels.2. An impressively large number, as of persons or objects: an array of heavily armed troops; an array of spare parts. See synonyms at display. 3. Splendid attire; finery. 4.Mathematicsa. A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and columns, as in a matrix. b. Numerical data linearly ordered by magnitude. 5.Computer Science An arrangement of memory elements in one or more planes.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English arraien, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Vulgar Latin *arrdre. See reidh- in Appendix I.
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