Echelon
Encyclopedia
Echelon may refer to:
  • A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  • Echelon formation
    Echelon formation
    An echelon formation is a military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Each member is stationed behind and to the right , or behind and to the left , of the member ahead...

    , a military hierarchical formation, also used to describe the migratory patterns of birds
  • ECHELON (signals intelligence), a worldwide intelligence-gathering operation
  • Echelon parking, a way of arranging parked cars

Science

  • En echelon veins
    En echelon veins
    In structural geology, en echelon veins are structures within rock caused by noncoaxial shear. They appear as sets of short, parallel, lenses on the surface of a rock. They are planar structures within the rock. They originate as tension fractures and are subsequently filled by precipitation of...

    , geological feature
  • Row echelon form
    Row echelon form
    In linear algebra a matrix is in row echelon form if* All nonzero rows are above any rows of all zeroes, and...

    , in mathematics, a kind of matrix

Arts

  • The Echelon, the street publicity team of the band 30 Seconds to Mars
    30 Seconds to Mars
    30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has consisted of actor Jared Leto , Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević...

    , and also the name of a song on their debut album
    • "Echelon", a song by 30 Seconds to Mars from their self-titled album
      30 Seconds to Mars (album)
      30 Seconds to Mars is the debut studio album by American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, released on August 21, 2002. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, Brian Virtue and 30 Seconds to Mars, and was recorded in Los Angeles during 2001 and early 2002...

  • Echelon (band)
    Echelon (band)
    Echelon were a four-piece band hailing from Essex, England.-Biography:Guitarist Mark Brandon and vocalist Paul Usher met at an early age and played together in various lineups, however became serious about a career as a band following the recruitment of drummer Andrew Grant...

  • "Echelon", a song by the Christian rock band Pillar
    Pillar (band)
    Pillar is a Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their sixth studio album, Confessions, was released in 2009.- Formation and independent albums :...


Computer and video games

  • Echelon (flight simulator)
    Echelon (flight simulator)
    Echelon is a 3-D science fiction flight simulator designed by Russian developers MADIA. It involves flying futuristic fighters in combat scenarios. The game can be played locally or on a local area network with up to 32 players. The Russian version of the game is called "Шторм"...

    , a flight simulator series developed by MADIA
  • Echelon (warez)
    Echelon (warez)
    Echelon is a warez group which specializes in the illegal release and distribution of copyrighted console games, such as Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 ISO images...

    , a game console warez organization

Businesses

  • Echelon Place
    Echelon Place
    Echelon Place is a partially built hotel, casino, shopping, and convention complex on the Las Vegas Strip, owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation. Construction of the project has been suspended since August 1, 2008....

    , the Boyd Gaming resort supposedly going to be built on the site of the former Stardust Resort & Casino
  • Voorhees Town Center, formerly Echelon Mall
  • Echelon Corporation
    Echelon Corporation
    Echelon Corporation is an American company which designs control networks to connect machines and other electronic devices, for the purposes of sensing, monitoring and control....

    , a United States corporation, self-identified as a pioneer in control networks, creators of the LonWorks distributed control platform

Other

  • Riding in an echelon, a road bicycle racing
    Road bicycle racing
    Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

     technique to make maximum use of another rider's slipstream in a crosswind
  • Third Echelon, a fictional sub-agency within the National Security Agency featured in the Splinter Cell series of games and novels created by Tom Clancy

See also

  • Echelon Conspiracy
    Echelon Conspiracy
    Echelon Conspiracy is a 2009 science fiction action thriller film directed by Greg Marcks and starring Shane West, Edward Burns, and Ving Rhames.-Plot:...

    , 2009 action thriller film about the ECHELON signals intelligence operation
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