echelon

Etymology


Borrowed from, from +. Échelle is derived from, from , from.

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, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
 * 1)  A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
 * 2)  A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
 * 1)  A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
 * 1)  A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.

Translations

 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, trin,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: escalafón
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:


 * Belarusian: эшэло́н
 * Bulgarian: ешело́н
 * Czech: (vojenský)
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish: vinorivi
 * French:
 * German: Echelon
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: ешело́н

Verb

 * 1)  To form troops into an echelon.

Translations

 * Belarusian: эшалані́раваць
 * Bulgarian: ешелонирам
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: eszelonować
 * Portuguese: escalonar
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: ешелонува́ти

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a matrix: having undergone  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.