echelon

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see also: Echelon

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, /ˈeɪ-/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/

Noun

echelon (plural echelons)

1. A level#Noun|level or rank#Noun|rank in an organization, profession, or society.
2. (cycling) A line#Noun|line of riders seeking maximum drafting#Noun|drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
3. (military) A formation of troops, ship#Noun|ships, etc., in diagonal parallel row#Noun|rows. [from late 18th c.]

Related terms

• en echelon

Translations

• French: échelon
• German: Stufe, Rang, Skala
• Portuguese: escalão
• Russian: звено́
• Spanish: escalafón

Translations

• French: échelon
• German: Echelon
• Italian: scaglione
• Russian: эшело́н
• Spanish: escalón

Verb

echelon (echelons, present participle echeloning; past and past participle echeloned)

1. (transitive, military) To form#Verb|form troops into an echelon.

Translations

• French: échelonner
• Italian: scaglionare
• Portuguese: escalonar
• Spanish: escalonar

Adjective

echelon (not comparable)

1. (linear algebra) Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot#Noun|pivot (that is, the first nonzero number#Noun|number from the left) of a nonzero row#Noun|row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped#Adjective|stepped appearance in the matrix.

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Echelon

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Proper noun

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

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