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echelon
WIKTIONARY
echelon
Noun
∙
A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
∙
A formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows.
military
∙
A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
cycling
Verb
∙
To form troops into an echelon.
Echelon
Proper noun
∙
an international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications