multidimensional array

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|data structure}} A [[data structure]] consisting of a [[vector]] of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional [[grid]] of storage locations using an underlying memory [[architecture]] in which storage is [[addressed]] in a [[linear]] fashion.
2. {{lb|en|data structure}} A [[data structure]] that has the [[semantics]] of an [[array]] of arrays, all of which may be indexed with values of any [[data type]], usually with a supporting [[syntax]] built-into a programming language.
3. {{lb|en|data structure}} Any [[abstraction]], usually a [[memory]]-[[resident]] [[data structure]], that [[addresses]] storage locations via an N-dimensional [[coordinate space]].

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