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Echelon   /ˈɛʃəlˌɑn/   Listen
Echelon

noun
1.
A body of troops arranged in a line.
2.
A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset.





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... approaching the river, and now withdrawing to the desert at almost regular intervals. At the entrance to the valley, rise Gebel Mokattam and Gebel el-Ahmar. Gebel Hemur-Shemul and Gebel Shekh Embarak next stretch in echelon from north to south, and are succeeded by Gebel et-Ter, where, according to an old legend, all the birds of ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) • G. Maspero


Words linked to "Echelon" :   military, war machine, diffraction grating, military machine, armed services, grating, military group, military force, force, armed forces, military unit


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