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Trapezoid vs Echelon - What's the difference?

trapezoid | echelon |

As nouns the difference between trapezoid and echelon

is that trapezoid is a (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides while echelon is a level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

As a verb echelon is

to form troops into an echelon.

As a proper noun Echelon is

an international SIGINT network to monitor and gather intelligence from satellite trunk communications.

trapezoid

English

(wikipedia trapezoid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
  • (geometry, British) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.
  • (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) (British) trapezium * (sense) irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium

    Derived terms

    * trapezoidal

    echelon

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  • (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc. in diagonal parallel rows.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form troops into an echelon.

    • See also

    * (Echelon formation)

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