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1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
2. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
3. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
4. The level of one's position in a class-based society
5. A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.
6. A level in a scientific taxonomy system
Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
7. Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
8. The dimensionality of an array or tensor.
9. The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
10. The size of any basis of a given matroid.
11. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
12. (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
1. To place abreast, or in a line.
2. To have a ranking.
Their defense ranked third in the league.
3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
4. To take rank of; to outrank.