Definition of Pylon. Meaning of Pylon. Synonyms of Pylon

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Definition of Pylon

Pylon
Pylon Py"lon, n. 1. A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span. 2. (A["e]ronautics) (a) Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an a["e]roplane. (b) A post, tower, or the like, as on an a["e]rodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
Pylon
Pylon Py"lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a gateway.] (a) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front. --J. W. Draper. (b) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

Meaning of Pylon from wikipedia

- Look up Pylon or pylon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pylon may refer to: Pylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian...
- A transmission tower (also electricity pylon, hydro tower, or pylon) is a tall structure, usually a lattice tower made of steel that is used to support...
- A pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple (Egyptian: bxn.t in the Manuel de Codage transliteration). The word comes from the Gr**** term πυλών...
- A pylon turn is a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn, in such a way that an imaginary line projecting straight out the side...
- The Kerinchi Pylon is a lattice-steel transmission tower located near Menara Telekom in Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was built by Tenaga Nasional...
- Pylones is a French gift shop chain. Pylones was founded in Paris in 1985, by Jacques Guillemet and Lena Guillemet. They have 110 shops in 20 countries...
- Eights on pylons or pylon eights is a ground reference maneuver where an aircraft is flown in a figure eight pattern around two selected points on the...
- Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States, who were active from 1979 to 1983, 1989 to 1991, and 2004 to 2009....
- The Pylons of Messina are two free-standing steel towers, the Sicilian one in Torre Faro and the Calabrian one in Villa San Giovanni. They were used from...
- The Mickey pylon (also known as the Mickey Mouse pylon) is a 105-foot-tall (32 m) double-deadend pole-type 230-kV power line pylon in front of Osceola...