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echelle

echelle noun: an echelle grating.

Noun

echelle (plural echelles)

  1. An echelle grating.

Forms of echelle

pluralechelles

Origin of echelle

From French échelle (“ladder”). Doublet of scale.

Words formed from echelle

Phrases with echelle

Questions about echelle

What does echelle mean?
Echelle means an echelle grating.
What part of speech is echelle?
Echelle is a noun.
What is the plural of echelle?
The plural of echelle is echelles.

Words near echelle in the dictionary

  1. echards
  2. Echavarria
  3. Echavarrias
  4. echelette
  5. echelettes
  6. echelle
  7. echelle grating
  8. echelle gratings
  9. echelles
  10. echellette
  11. echellettes

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