Array and Area

noun

• An orderly arrangement.
  • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
• An impressive display.
  • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
• Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • synonyms: raiment, regalia
• An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: range, lay out, set out
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align

• (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
• (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.
• (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
• (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
• (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
• (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
• (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
• (n.) An imposing series of things.
• (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
• (n.) The panel itself.

noun

• A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography. )
  • usage: "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
  • synonyms: country
• A subject of study.
  • usage: "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
• A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
  • usage: "in the abdominal region"
  • synonyms: region
• A particular environment or walk of life.
  • usage: "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
  • synonyms: sphere, domain, orbit, field, arena
• A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.
  • usage: "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
• The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.
  • usage: "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
  • synonyms: expanse, surface area

• (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
• (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
• (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
• (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
• (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
• (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
• (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.