Array vs. Grid — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Array and Grid
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Array
An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Grid
A framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; a grating or mesh.
Array
To set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement
Arrayed the whole regiment on the parade ground.
Grid
A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.
Array
To dress, especially in fine clothes; adorn.
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Grid
Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization
The city's streets form a grid.
Array
An orderly, often imposing arrangement
An array of royal jewels.
Grid
A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines forming squares on a map, a chart, an aerial photograph, or an optical device, used as a reference for locating points.
Array
An impressively large number, as of persons or objects
An array of heavily armed troops.
An array of spare parts.
Grid
An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity or electromagnetic signals over a wide area, especially a network of high-tension cables and power stations.
Array
Splendid attire; fine clothing.
Grid
A corrugated or perforated conducting plate in a storage battery.
Array
A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and columns, as in a matrix.
Grid
(Football) The gridiron.
Array
Numerical data linearly ordered by magnitude.
Grid
(Sports) The starting positions of cars on a racecourse.
Array
An arrangement of usually identical devices, often sensors, that function as a unit
An array of solar panels.
Grid
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
Array
(Computers) A group of memory elements accessed by one or more indices.
Grid
A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
Array
Clothing and ornamentation.
Grid
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
Array
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Grid
(computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
Array
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
Grid
(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.
Array
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Grid
(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
Array
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
Drawn up in battle array
Grid
(electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
Array
A large collection.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
Grid
(electricity) A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
Array
(mathematics) Common name for matrix.
Grid
A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
Array
(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
Grid
An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.
Array
(legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Grid
To mark with a grid.
Array
(military) A militia.
Grid
To assign a reference grid to.
Array
A group of hedgehogs.
Grid
A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.
Array
A microarray.
Grid
A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.
Array
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
Grid
A mesh or coil of fine wire in an electron tube, connected to the circuit so as to regulate the current passing through the tube.
Array
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
Grid
Any network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines; - they are used, for example, as reference coordinates to locate objects or places on a map.
Array
(legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Grid
Anything resembling a grid{4}, as the Manhattan street grid. See also gridlock.
Array
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array.
Grid
A network of connected conductors for distributing electrical power, especially one using high-tension lines for wide geographic distribution of power; as, the Northeast power grid.
Array
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
Grid
The gridiron.
Array
An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold.
Grid
A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
Array
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Grid
A network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image
Array
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
Grid
An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
Array
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,Each horseman drew his battle blade.
These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
Grid
A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
Array
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; - applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
Array
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
Array
An orderly arrangement;
An array of troops in battle order
Array
An impressive display;
It was a bewildering array of books
His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall
Array
Especially fine or decorative clothing
Array
An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
Array
Lay out in a line
Array
Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
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