Massive vs Array - What's the difference?
massive | array |
Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.
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Much larger than normal.
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, title= Of great significance or import; overwhelming.
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, title= (label) Of a specimen not exhibiting crystal form.
Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
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, title= Possessing mass.
(mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
Clothing and ornamentation.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
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Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
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A large collection.
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(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.
(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.
(military) A militia.
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal
(legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
As nouns the difference between massive and array
is that massive is a homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure while array is clothing and ornamentation.As an adjective massive
is of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.As a verb array is
to clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.massive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy […], passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
INDEPENDENCE DAY-----------MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, passage=Ok true believers here is the low down of massive coolness.}}
nz.reg.wellington.general, passage=Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a massive day.}}
Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98, passage=saw the beasties last week in GERMANY at a massive little party called the Hurricane Festival outside Hamburg and here's how it all shook down
WENDYHOUSE June 21st, passage=OPEN THROUGH THE SUMMER: We are on the 3rd Saturday of the month, remain at the same venue, at the same price, at the same times and always give you a massive night out to remember (unless you've drunk too much bargain University booze!).}}
Re: Survivable album chart from 2001, passage=I own this one, bought it because I liked Slide. The album is quite dull. They were massive back in the day}}
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to a large mass) bulky, heavy, hefty, substantial, weighty * (much larger than normal) colossal, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, mahoosive (slang), titanic * (of great significance or import) consequential, meaningful, overwhelming, significant, weighty * (of grandeur ) awesome, super, excellent, stupendousAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to a large mass) insubstantial, light * (much larger than normal) dwarf, little, microscopic, midget, minuscule, pint-sized, tiny, wee * (of great significance or import) inconsequential, insignificant, piddling, trifling, trivial, unimportant * (of grandeur ) lame, stale, disappointing, crappy * (of having a positive mass) masslessDerived terms
* mahoosive (slang) * massively * massiveness * MOOC (massive open online course)Noun
(en noun)- karst massives in western Georgia
Anagrams
* ----array
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Dryden)
- a gallant array of nobles and cavaliers
- drawn up in battle array
- wedged together in the closest array
- their long array of sapphire and of gold
- We offer a dazzling array of choices.
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Usage notes
* (any of various data structures) The exact usage of the term , and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".Derived terms
* * * * *Antonyms
* (orderly series) disarraySee also
* (any of various data structures) ones-based indexing, zero-based indexingVerb
- He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
- (Blackstone)
