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Verb
/ˈeSHəˌlän/,
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echelons, plural;
  1. Arrange in an echelon formation
    • - the echeloning of fire teams
Noun
  1. A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society
    • - the upper echelons of the business world
  2. A part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function
    • - the rear echelon
  3. A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front

  1. a body of troops arranged in a line
  2. a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
  3. 30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has been composed of actor Jared Leto (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Shannon Leto (drums, percussion) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar, keyboards). ...
  4. Echelon were a four-piece band hailing from Essex, England.
  5. Echelon is a turn-based, customizable World War II strategy card game from Echelon Games .
  6. An echelon formation is a military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Each member is stationed behind and to the right (a 'right echelon'), or behind and to the left ('left echelon'), of the member ahead. ...
  7. Echelon is a 3-D science fiction flight simulator designed by Russian developers MADIA. It involves flying futuristic fighters in combat scenarios. The game can be played locally or on a local area network with up to 32 players. The Russian version of the game is called "Шторм" ("Storm"). ...
  8. Woodsball (also known as woods paintball, hillball or bushball) is a format of paintball gaming, in which players compete in a natural outdoors area (contrasting with inflatable bunker-based Speedball format) using paintball markers to tag opponents.
  9. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society; A formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows; To form troops into an echelon
  10. (Echelons) Reference is made to F, A and B Echelon. The transport for a battalion is divided into these groups. F Echelon vehicles are the fighting vehicles which go into battle as part of the action; for example command vehicles, armoured troop carries and anti-tank guns. ...
  11. (Say: esh - el - on) - An echelon is a riding formation used by a group of cyclists when there's an oncoming side wind. Riders stagger themselves forming a diagonal line across the road to best find shelter from the wind, save energy and maintain their pace. ...
  12. (French) a line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
  13. A staggered, long line of riders, each downwind of the rider ahead, allowing them to move considerably faster than a solo rider or small group of riders. In windy sections where there are crosswinds, a large peloton will form into echelons.
  14. A form of slipstreaming which allows riders to gain maximum draft in a crosswind. Riders commonly fan out in echelons right across the road.
  15. A type of diffraction grating consisting of a number of equal thin glass sheets stacked on a slant. In use the light is reflected from the stepped side of the stack; d in the grating equation is very large, so that very high spectral orders are possible. [DC99]
  16. A multinational survellance network, centered at Sugar Grove, WV, that intercepts all forms of electronic communications.
  17. Said of geologic features that are in an overlapping or staggered arrangement, for example faults. Each is relatively short but collectively they form a linear zone, in which the strike of the individual features is oblique to that of the zone as a whole.
  18. A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row stepped further to the left or right than the one in front.
  19. a paceline of drafting cyclists grouped in two staggered lines, one moving forward into wind, the other moving backward sheltered downwind by the others.
  20. A device that is capable of searching telecommunication transmissions and picking up certain words; the idea of this device is to locate sources of potential threats.
  21. A form of the pace line used in a crosswind: Riders line up offset to the lea side of the rider in front so the pace line stretches across the road at an angle or echelon.
  22. An arrangement of troops, by which front and flanks are alike protected.
  23. a subdivision of a military force according to rank, position or function.
  24. A line of riders taking orderly turns at the lead and staggered so that each rider will get maximum protection from the wind. Also called a "pace line"
  25. is a line of cyclists that snakes across the road so that each rider blocks a crosswind for the biker behind him.