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array

array

152 6.9
A set of antennas placed to send or receive signals in one direction
  • noun
  • /əˈreɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : matriz de antenas
  • Engineers tested the alignment of the large antenna array to ensure optimal communication performance.
  • two-dimensional array
  • periodic array
  • aligned array

The Square Kilometer Array talking to robots.

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Examples

  • You know the Very Large Array in New Mexico?

  • Yes, well, we're setting up arrays to monitor celestial events.

  • Is this from the sensor array?

  • An impressive array of Technology assembled in one satellite.

  • The antenna array is completely fried.

  • The largest photovoltaic solar array in the United States is the Nellis Air Force Base array in Nevada.

    Academic text (2011)
  • She works on LOFAR, which is one of these huge radio telescope arrays across much of northern Europe.

  • ALPHA 5 works frantically amidst the array of computer banks while ZORDON looks.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The new satellite array has been designed to enhance signal reception across a broader region.

  • The university built a state-of-the-art antenna array for their research on atmospheric signals.

Antonyms

1 5.6

To make things untidy or cause confusion

Compounds

solar array
  • Specialized
6 3.5

Many connected panels that make electricity from sunlight

tabular array
  • Specialized
4.9

A set of information arranged in rows and columns like a table

How Directional

directional antenna
  • Specialized
1 5.8
array
  • Specialized
152 6.9

Surface Forms

array singular
arrays plural

Etymology

Array comes from an old French verb arayer meaning 'to put in order' or 'prepare'. So a technical array of antennas is simply a planned group of parts set in order to work together.