Array and Serial

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 serialized set of programs.
  • usage: "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
  • synonyms: series
• A periodical that appears at scheduled times.
  • synonyms: series, serial publication

adjective

• In regular succession without gaps.
  • usage: "serial concerts"
  • synonyms: consecutive, sequent, sequential, successive
• Pertaining to or composed in serial technique.
  • usage: "serial music"
• Pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series.
  • usage: "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication"
• Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations.
  • usage: "serial processing"
  • synonyms: in series, nonparallel

• (a.) Of or pertaining to rows.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
• (n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

(DoD) A serial can be a group of people, vehicles, equipment, or supplies and is used in airborne, air assault, amphibious operations, and convoys.
(DoD) An element or a group of elements within a series which is given a numerical or alphabetical designation for convenience in planning, scheduling, and control.