Look up: pylon

1. pylon
   Type: Term Pronunciation: pī′lon Definitions: 1. A simple prosthesis, usually without joints, for a lower limb amputation.
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2. Pylon
   From the Greek word meaning 'gate' It is a monumental entrance wall of a temple. Pylons are the largest and least essential parts of a temple that is usually built last. Some temples have more then one set, the temple at Karnak has 10 Pylons.
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3. pylon
   [n] - a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race 2. [n] - a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension wires
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4. pylon
   In modern usage, a steel lattice tower that supports high-tension electrical cables. In ancient Egyptian architecture, a pylon is one of a pair of inward-sloping towers that flank an entrance. ...
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5. Pylon
   The support or mast for the rotors of a gyroplane or helicopter. Pylons are also occasionally used to brace, from above, the wings of a wire-braced monoplane or to protect the pilot from injury in a crash should the aeroplane overturn.
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6. pylon
   the structure on an aircraft which carries,for example,a launching shoe or a drop tank Category: Transport
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7. Pylon
   Py'lon noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... 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. ...
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8. Pylon
   Py'lon noun 1. A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span. 2. (Aëronautics) (a) Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an a...
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9. pylon
   A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. 'Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front.' (J. W. Draper) ... An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers). ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A gateway. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. pylon
    power pylon noun a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; `power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists`
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11. Pylon
    • (n.) A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span. • (n.) A post, tower, or the like, as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight. • (n.) Formerly, a starting derrick (...
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12. Pylon
    (from the article `Faulkner, William`) ...took up flying in the early 1930s, bought a Waco cabin aircraft, and flew it in February 1934 to the dedication of Shushan Airport in New Orleans, ...
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13. pylon
    (Greek: `gateway`), in modern construction, any tower that gives support, such as the steel towers between which electrical wires are strung, the ...
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14. pylon
    a short orange marker at each of the end zone`s 4 corners.
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15. pylon
    In modern usage, a steel lattice tower that supports high-tension electrical cables. In ancient Egyptian architecture, a pylon is one of a pair of inward-sloping towers that flank an entrance
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16. Pylon
    A monumental gateway in the form of a pair of truncated pyramids serving as the entrance to ancient Egyptian temples.
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17. Pylon
    Massive structure at the entrance of a temple complex
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18. Pylon
    (architecture) `Pylon` is the Greek term for a monumental gateway of an Egyptian temple (Egyptian bxn.t in the Manuel de Codage transliteration.) It consists of two tapering towers, each surmounted by a cornice, joined by a less elevated section which enclosed the entrance between them...
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19. Pylon
    (band) `Pylon` is an American rock band from quote= -->--> The band`s danceable jangle pop sound influenced the Athens, Georgia music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. Allmusic wrote that Pylon`s "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable"...
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20. Pylon
    (novel) `Pylon` is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. Published in 1935, Pylon is set in New Valois, a fictionalized version of New Orleans. It is one of Faulkner`s few novels set outside Yoknapatawpha County, his favorite fictional setting, based on Lafayette Coun...
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