different between sigint vs echelon

English

Etymology

Blend of signal +? intelligence

Noun

sigint (countable and uncountable, plural sigints)

1. Alternative spelling of SIGINT

Anagrams

• siting

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l?n/, /?e?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????l?n/
• Hyphenation: ech?e?lon

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.]

Alternative forms

• échelon

Derived terms

• echelon form
• echelon lens
• echelon parking
• rear echelon

Related terms

• en echelon

Translations

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.

Translations

Adjective

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.

Further reading

• echelon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• echelon formation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• row echelon form on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chelone, chelone