echelon
/ˈɛʃ.əˌlɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
noun
A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
adj
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.
name
An international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications.
Example Sentences
- "Other important functions performed by the GP [general practitioner] are those of referring patients to other (health) care facilities and acting as contact person for other providers of aid, both for other facilities in first echelon care and with respect to second echelon care (outpatient care and treatment in hospital)."
- "Officials in China are divided into three echelons, or generations. The first echelon joined the Communist Party in the 1920s, soon after the party was founded. […] The second echelon joined the Communist Party before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The party was then still struggling, and many of the second echelon died during the wars. They were again true patriots. The third echelon joined the Communist Party after the founding of the People's Republic."
- "Still in the hood and I still sip tea When I go in, I'ma go for the win On point like syringe and it's like that Living life full of sin, gotta cup full of Hen' Put my tears in a pen and I write back Ice pack cause' my heart lost I'm so cold that I Jack Frost I'm 'bout be on the upper echelon Niggas gonna hate on the man that I become"
- "In an echelon, in which several cyclists are sitting in on one another, each rider takes his turn of about 200 meters at the front before dropping to the rear."
- "Cyclists in an echelon take up more room in the traffic lane than they do when riding single or double file."
- "The troops selected by his Royal Highness for this daring exploit, consisted of the war battalions of the 3d, 6th, and 7th regiments of the Royal Guard, forming the first echelon, […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: scāla, *skend-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛʃ.əˌlɑn/
- British English: /ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn/