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   rank

   /raŋk/

   noun

   • 1. a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces: "an army officer of high rank"
   • ▪ a position within the hierarchy of an organization or society: "only two cabinet members had held ministerial rank before" Similar positiongradelevelechelongradationpoint on the scalerung on the ladderclassstratumstatusstationstanding
   • ▪ high social position: "persons of rank and breeding" Similar high standingnobilityaristocracyblue bloodhigh birtheminencedistinctionprestigeprominenceinfluenceimportanceconsequencepower
   • ▪ a number specifying position in a numerically ordered series.
   • ▪ (in systemic grammar) the level of a linguistic unit or set of linguistic units in relation to other sets in the hierarchy.
   • 2. a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast: "they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks" Similar rowlinefilecolumnseriessuccessionstringtrainprocessionqueue
   • ▪ a regular row or line of things or people: "conifer plantations growing in serried ranks"
   • ▪ each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard.
   • ▪ short for taxi rank British
   • 3. the people belonging to or constituting a group or class: "the ranks of Britain's unemployed"
   • ▪ (in the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers: "he was fined and reduced to the ranks"
   • 4. the value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.
   • ▪ an analogous quantity in other kinds of group.

   verb

   • 1. give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system: "students ranked the samples in order of preference" Similar classifyclasscategorizerategradetypeordersortbracketgrouppigeonholedesignatecodifycataloguefilelisttabulatetriage
   • ▪ have a specified rank or place within a grading system: "he now ranks third in America" Similar have a rankbe gradedbe placedbe positionedhave a statusbe classedbe classifiedbe categorizedbelong
   • ▪ take precedence over (someone) in respect of rank; outrank: US "the Secretary of State ranks all the other members of the cabinet"
   • 2. arrange in a row or rows: "the tents were ranked in orderly rows" Similar line upaligndraw upput/set in orderorderplacepositionarrangedisposeset outarrayrange

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘row of things’): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring1.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rankedRanked - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   2 days ago · Definitions of ranked. adjective. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks. synonyms: graded, stratified. hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical. classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.

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3. www.britannica.com › science › taxonomyTaxonomy - Ranks, Species, Classification | Britannica

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   Jun 20, 2024 · There is no restriction on the number of forms in any particular group. The number of ranks that is recognized in a hierarchy is a matter of widely varying opinion. Shown in Table 1 are seven ranks that are accepted as obligatory by zoologists and botanists.

4. blog.collegevine.com › what-is-class-rank-and-why-is-itWhat is Class Rank and Why is it Important? | CollegeVine Blog

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   Jun 14, 2024 · What Is Class Rank? Class rank offers a numerical representation of how your academic achievements compare to those of your peers. Schools calculate a student’s class rank by listing the GPAs of their graduating class in order, from highest to lowest, and seeing where that student falls.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rank orderRank order - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   3 days ago · Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rank order. Accessed 05 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. rank order. the "rank order" family. an arrangement according to rank.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rank and fileRank and file - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Jul 1, 2024 · Definitions of rank and file. noun. people who constitute the main body of any group. see more. noun. the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) synonyms: rank. see more.

7. www.geeksforgeeks.org › videos › rank-of-a-matrix-definitionRank of a Matrix: Definition, Properties, and Formula

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   Jun 27, 2024 · 1. Matrix: A rectangular array of numbers arranged in rows and columns. 2. Rank: The rank of a matrix is the maximum number of linearly independent rows or columns in the matrix. 3. Linear Independence: A set of vectors is linearly independent if no vector can be written as a linear combination of the others.

8. math.stackexchange.com › questions › 4933357Rank of a matrix over integers - Mathematics Stack Exchange

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   Jun 16, 2024 · There is just not a unique generalization of the rank to the case of non-fields. It depends on what you want to do. An abstract way to define the rank of a linear map $T : V \to W$ between vector spaces is that it is the dimension of the image $\dim \text{im}(T)$.