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pylon
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pylon
Type: Term Pronunciation: pī′lon Definitions: 1. A simple prosthesis, usually without joints, for a lower limb amputation.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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 County, Mississippi...
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Pylon
[band] Pylon is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The band`s danceable jangle pop sound influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. Allmusic wrote that Pylon`s "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable". ==History== All...
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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. The en...
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pylon
a short orange marker at each of the end zone`s 4 corners.
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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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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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Pylon
Massive structure at the entrance of a temple complex
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pylon
1) Aircraft course marker 2) Aviation marker 3) Aviation tower 4) Bridge marker 5) Bridge tower 6) Egyptian gateway 7) End zone marker 8) High wire support 9) Pilot's guidepost 10) Pilot's marker 11) Race marker 12) ...
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