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platoon (pluralplatoons)

(military) A unit of thirty to fortysoldiers typically commanded by alieutenant and forming part of acompany.
- 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, inTrains Illustrated, page140:
  Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and aplatoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.
Asubdivision of afire company, led by acaptain orlieutenant.
A group ofself-driving vehicles travelling in a closeconvoy and communicating electronically with each other.
(education, historical) A group of children in theplatoon grouping education system.

unit of 30-40 soldiers

platoon (third-person singular simple presentplatoons,present participleplatooning,simple past and past participleplatooned)

(baseball) To alternate starts with a teammate of oppositehandedness, depending on the handedness of the opposingpitcher
Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they willplatoon.
(sports) Tospecialize in a particularposition or playing style.
- 2014, The Cedar Rapids Gazette,Greatest Moments in Iowa Hawkeyes Football History:
  You must understand the rules of football in 1939. There was noplatooning, so each man played both offense and defense.
Ofself-driving vehicles: to travel in a closeconvoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.