echelle

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noun

An echelle grating.

OriginFrench échelle →
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Meanings

nounechelle (plural echelles)

plural echelles

  1. natural sciencesAn echelle grating.

Origin

  1. Frenchéchelle“ladder”
  2. Englishechelle

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

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APA

echelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echelle

MLA

“echelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echelle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echelle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echelle.

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