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echelon
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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