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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force.
- noun In classical and preindustrial warfare, the scheme and sequence in which units arrived and deployed on the battlefield.
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