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Definition of Extended order
1. Noun. A military formation for skirmishing; as widely separated as the tactical situation permits.
Generic synonyms: Military Formation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extended Order
Literary usage of Extended order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tactics by William Balck (1915)
"extended order. Combats are begun and carried out in extended order. The defender
can be induced to disclose his dispositions, to occupy his position, ..."
2. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"A more extended order of things presents itself. Majora canere. Lat. VIRGIL.—"To
sing higher strains." To enter into matters of greater moment, ..."
3. Military Manpower: Psychology as Applied to the Training of Men and the by Lincoln Clarke Andrews (1920)
"He gives the command march with the accented beat of the music; or as the left
feet of the leaders strike the ground. 209. extended order. ..."