Arrays can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
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| array - To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. | ||
| array - To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal. | ||
Noun |
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| array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" | ||
| array - especially fine or decorative clothing | ||
| array - an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics | ||
| array - an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall" |
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| 1. | noun | By the time Mariner 2 approached Venus, one of its solar arrays had failed and the vehicle came dangerously close to overheating, but it remained healthy enough to complete its scientific mission. | |
| 2. | noun | At each approach to the Sun, the solar arrays retract behind the heat shield’s shadow, leaving only a small segment exposed to the Sun’s intense rays. | |
| 3. | noun | After ensuring that the telescope’s two solar arrays and antennas had properly deployed, he released it to fly free. | |
| 4. | noun | The batteries store energy collected by the station's solar panel arrays. | |
| 5. | noun | An array of troops in battle order. | |
| 6. | noun | It was a bewildering array of books. | |
| 7. | noun | His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall. | |
| 8. | noun | The troops were in battle array. | |
| 9. | noun | Behind every animal on the Chinese zodiac lies an array of proverbs, sayings and stories. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom has an extraordinary array of trophies. | |
| 11. | noun | The door slowly opened; and St. Nicholas, in full array, stood before them. | |
| 12. | noun | Kepler has found a diverse array of planets, including exotic, multi-planet solar systems. | |
| 13. | noun | Because their rapid pulse of radio emission is so predictable, a large array of well-understood pulsars can be used to measure extremely subtle abnormalities, such as gravitational waves. | |
| 14. | noun | So spake the God and with her hest complied, / and turned the massive sceptre in his hand / and pushed the hollow mountain on its side. / Out rushed the winds, like soldiers in a band, / in wedged array, and, whirling, scour the land. | |
| 15. | noun | All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array. |
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| By the time Mariner 2 approached Venus, one of its solar arrays had failed and the vehicle came dangerously close to overheating, but it remained healthy enough to complete its scientific mission. | |
| At each approach to the Sun, the solar arrays retract behind the heat shield’s shadow, leaving only a small segment exposed to the Sun’s intense rays. | |
| After ensuring that the telescope’s two solar arrays and antennas had properly deployed, he released it to fly free. | |
| The batteries store energy collected by the station's solar panel arrays. | |
| An array of troops in battle order. |
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| It was a bewildering array of books. |
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| His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall. |
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| The troops were in battle array. | |
| Behind every animal on the Chinese zodiac lies an array of proverbs, sayings and stories. | |
| Tom has an extraordinary array of trophies. | |
| The door slowly opened; and St. Nicholas, in full array, stood before them. | |
| Kepler has found a diverse array of planets, including exotic, multi-planet solar systems. | |
| Because their rapid pulse of radio emission is so predictable, a large array of well-understood pulsars can be used to measure extremely subtle abnormalities, such as gravitational waves. | |
| So spake the God and with her hest complied, / and turned the massive sceptre in his hand / and pushed the hollow mountain on its side. / Out rushed the winds, like soldiers in a band, / in wedged array, and, whirling, scour the land. | |
| All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array. | |