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 \pnum
 An object of type ``array of \tcode{N} \tcode{U}'' consists of
-a contiguously allocated non-empty set
+a contiguously allocated non-empty sequence
 of \tcode{N} subobjects of type \tcode{U},
 known as the \defnx{elements}{array!element} of the array,
 and numbered \tcode{0} to \tcode{N-1}.