Echelon vs. Formation
Echelonnoun
A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
Echelonnoun
(cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
Echelonnoun
(military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
Echelonverb
To form troops into an echelon.
Echelonadjective
(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.
Echelonnoun
An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.
Echelonnoun
An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V form.
Echelonverb
To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
Echelonverb
To take position in echelon.
Echelonnoun
a body of troops arranged in a line
Echelonnoun
a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
Formationnoun
Something possessing structure or form.
Formationnoun
The act of assembling a group or structure.
Formationnoun
(geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
Formationnoun
(military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
Formationnoun
(military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
Formationnoun
(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
Formationnoun
The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
Formationnoun
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
Formationnoun
(category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
Formationnoun
The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
Formationnoun
The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
Formationnoun
A substance formed or deposited.
Formationnoun
Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
Formationnoun
The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
Formationnoun
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit;
Formationnoun
a particular spatial arrangement
Formationnoun
the fabrication of something in a particular shape
Formationnoun
the act of forming something;
Formationnoun
(geology) the geological features of the earth
Formationnoun
natural process that causes something to form;
Formationnoun
creation by mental activity;
