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Definition echelon

Etymology

Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (“suffix forming diminutives”). Échelle is derived from Latin sc?la (“ladder”), from scand? (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).

Noun

echelon (plural echelons)

  1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  2. (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
  3. (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. [from late 18th c.]

Verb

echelon (third-person singular simple present echelons, present participle echeloning, simple past and past participle echeloned)

  1. (transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.

Adjective

Examples

An example of a 4×6 matrix in row echelon form (the indicate the nonero pivots, and the indicate entries which may be zero or nonzero):

echelon (not comparable)

  1. (linear algebra) 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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ECHO 9
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ONCE 8
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CEL 7
COL 7
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EON 4
HEN 6
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LEE 4
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NOH 6
OLE 4
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EL 3
EN 3
HE 4
HO 4
LO 3
NE 3
NO 3
OE 2
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ON 3

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