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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)
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
- (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)
Adjective
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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)
- (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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