echelon

echelon englannista suomeksi

1. porrastus

2. porras

0. Substantiivi

1. taso

2. vinorivi

2. Verbi

echelon englanniksi

1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

2. (quote-book)

3. (quote-book)|year=2004|page=120|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJ7UoPJ9hGYC&pg=PA120|isbn=978-0-275-96080-3|passage=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.

4. A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.

5. (quote-journal)

6. A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. (defdate)

7. (quote-journal), by Bentley (publisher)|Richard Bentley, (w)|month=October|year=1833|volume_plain=part III|issue=59|page=183|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhoUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183|oclc=933313799|passage=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, (..)

8. (quote-book)|year=1899|volume=II|pages=145–146|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/1899RiverWarVol2/1899%20River%20War%20Vol%202page/n169/mode/1up|oclc=457694485|passage=As soon as the infantry had replenished their ammunition, they wheeled to the left in échelon of brigades, and began to march towards Surgham ridge. The movements of a great force are slow. It was not desirable that the British division, which led the échelon, should remain in the low ground north of Surgham—where it was commanded, had no field of fire, and could see nothing—and accordingly both these brigades moved forward almost together to occupy the crest of the ridge.

9. (quote-web)

10. To form troops into an echelon.

11. Of a matrix: having undergone (w) 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.

12. (quote-book) In each of the non-zero rows of an echelon matrix, the left-most non-zero entry is called the ''pivot'', (..)