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Definition of Pylons

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 Pylons from wikipedia

- (Endeavour), a TV episode Pylon turn, a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground Pylons project, a set of...
- examples of pylons can be seen in Karnak, Luxor Temple and Edfu. Rituals to the god Amun were often carried out on the top of temple pylons. A pair of...
- Electricity pylons. Electricity pylons in Hungary Pylon Appreciation Society Structurae database of select notable transmission towers Pylons in Russia...
- turning center on the ground. The pylon turn was originally used in air racing, where courses were set up with pylons to mark a location on the ground...
- strainer pylon in the world, all taller pylons are suspension pylons of long-distance spans. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerinchi Pylon. 3°07′01″N...
- Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States. The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle...
- 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...
- links between electricity pylons and high rates of cancer diagnoses in the Shortlees housing scheme in Kilmarnock. As of 2022, Pylon has been performed in...
- 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...
- conventional pylon design, the corners of the pylons are arranged diagonally along the direction of the course of the line. The pylons of Messina were...