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echelon

The correct spelling is echelon.

How to pronounce echelon

/ˈeɪ-/
noun

IPA: /ˈeɪ-/

Say it like: Ech-elo-n

The correct spelling is echelon. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

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Meanings

noun

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

verb

  1. 1.To form troops into an echelon.

adjective

  1. 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.

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