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Meaning of en echelon | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. In echelon
    not-comparable
  2. In echelon:
    not-comparable
  3. Staggered; offset so that the wing turret on one side is mounted further forwards than the one on the opposite side.
    not-comparable
  4. Consisting of a series of diagonal lines, each somewhat offset from its neighbors, approximately parallel, but at an angle to a particular direction.
    not-comparable

Examples

“Fragment of pot-net (?), blue ring-beads only, set in pairs or as above in threes, threaded en echelon. Strung as above.”
“This fault zone trends north-south, consists of en echelon horsts and grabens striking about 30° cast of the zone's trend, and was active from the Jurassic through the Eocene. The presence of the grabens, their orientation and en echelon arrangement, and the age of movement are all consistent with divergent strike-slip movement.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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