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
- The remaining echelon was located in the barracks.
- The decisive echelon was the main force of spearmen.
- He commanded the rear echelon in the Camden Expedition.
- The Crusaders attacked in echelon with the left wing leading.
- The air echelon departed Rackheath on the 12th of June of 1945.
- The ore occurs as en echelon bodies parallel to the shale bedding.
- I suggest adding a link to the description of the echelon formation.
- The Thirds and Fourths are in the lower echelon of Lenfell's society.
- By 1948 The Concordia Choir was in the upper echelon of American choirs.
- The 2008 results put Audenshaw School in the top echelon of English schools.