array

noun

• 1an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing:there is a vast array of literature on the topic a bewildering array of choices

• 2an ordered arrangement, in particular:
• an arrangement of troops.
• Mathematics an arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns; a matrix.
• Computing an indexed set of related elements.

• 3 [mass noun] literary elaborate or beautiful clothing:he was clothed in fine array

• 4 Law a list of jurors impanelled.

verb

• 1 [with object and adverbial of place] display or arrange (things) in a particular way:the manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

• 2 [with object] (usually be arrayed in) dress someone in (the clothes specified):they were arrayed in Hungarian national dress

• 3 [with object] Law impanel (a jury).