How to say "array" in Japanese
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- nounThe borrowed word for 'array', used mainly in technical fields for an ordered arrangement of elements; it is not the word for a showy display or succession of things.
- nounCovers the figurative sense: a lavish display or succession of many things appearing one after another, as if in a parade. Not used for the technical sense of 'array'.
Use 「アレイ」 for the technical term 'array', an ordered arrangement of elements in technical fields; use 「オンパレード」 for a figurative, showy array or succession of many things displayed one after another.
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