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echelon

/ˈɛʃ.əˌlɑn/

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What does echelon mean?

noun

  1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  2. A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
  3. A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. To form troops into an echelon.

adjective

  1. 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.

proper noun

  1. An international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications.
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