echelon
IPA: ˈɛʃʌɫɑn
noun
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
- (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
- An international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications.
verb
- (transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.
adjective
- (linear algebra) Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped appearance in the matrix.
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Examples of "echelon" in Sentences
- We have to get better to get to that top echelon, which is what our goal is.
- It clearly shows the culpability of the next command echelon, which is just as great as that of the pilots.
- * Note: the name echelon itself refers to a "signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and analysis network."
- The management echelon, that is from Director upwards, consists of 11 people. 55% of these are African, 0% coloured.
- And there's also something else called echelon, and this is a very covert and widely debated satellite-based espionage network.
- I figured if they were auditioning the likes of me, the guy playing the dad was probably of the same echelon, that is, a nearbody nearly nobody.
- In order, as it would seem, to keep a fighting formation that would impose respect on the bands of Dervishes on the Kerreri Hills, he adopted the formation known as echelon of brigades from the left.
- The grand parties of the twenties only roared for a certain echelon of society, and there was a whole segment that was virtually untouched by the depressionwhich in itself was experienced in different ways on either side of the Atlantic.
- Even if the upper echelon is motivated to try to keep the shop clean, a police union operates in the opposite direction: its job, of course, is to defend its members, no matter how discreditable their conduct, and police associations have done a spectacular job of it.
- I remained there, placing the boats which I had brought up with me, containing Bashi-Bazouks under command of Yahia Bey, who is an excellent officer, in echelon across the stream, in which position they could command a very considerable length of the ford, which extends for about a mile, and support one another in case of an attempt at a forced passage.
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