Hyphenation of echelon

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word echelon? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ech-e-lon

Definitions of echelon:

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

Synonyms of echelon:

noun	military unit, military force, military group, force
noun	diffraction grating, grating

Last hyphenations of this language

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