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py·lon

(pī′lŏn′)

a. A movable, brightly colored cone or shaft of rubber that is used to signal something to be avoided, such as a hazard or work zone on a roadway.

b. Football A flexible, usually padded marker that stands upright at each corner of the end zone to facilitate judgments of close plays.

c. A tower marking a turning point in a race among aircraft.

2. A vertical supporting structure, especially:

a. A steel tower supporting high-tension wires.

b. A tower or shaft supporting a wind turbine.

c. A structure supporting a bridge deck.

a. A large structure or group of structures marking an entrance or approach.

b. A monumental gateway in the form of a pair of tapered blocks serving as the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple.

4. A structure that attaches an aircraft engine to a plane's wing or fuselage.

[Greek pulōn, gateway, from pulē, gate.]

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pylon

(ˈpaɪlən)

1. (Electrical Engineering) a large vertical steel tower-like structure supporting high-tension electrical cables

2. (Navigation) a post or tower for guiding pilots or marking a turning point in a race

3. (Aeronautics) a streamlined aircraft structure for attaching an engine pod, external fuel tank, etc, to the main body of the aircraft

4. (Architecture) a monumental gateway, such as one at the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple

5. (Medicine) a temporary artificial leg

[C19: from Greek pulōn a gateway]

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py•lon

(ˈpaɪ lɒn)

n.

1. a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.

2. a relatively tall structure at the side of a gate, bridge, or avenue.

a. a monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, usu. consisting of two towers with sloping sides flanking a doorway.

b. either of these towers.

4. a steel tower used as a support.

5. a finlike device used to attach auxiliary equipment to an aircraft.

[1840–50; < Greek pylṓn gateway, gate tower]

pylon

A gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple.

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Noun	1.	pylon - a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
	2.	pylon - a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" power pylon tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

Translations

بُرْج إرْشاد في المَطاربُرْجُ كَهْرُبَاء

stožármaják

elmasthøjspændingsmastlandingslys

LeitkegelLübecker HütchenMast PylonVerkehrshütchen

πυλώνας

torre torre de alta tensión

sähköpylväs

pylône

stup dalekovoda

jelzõoszloppülóntávvezetékoszlop

háspennumasturleiîarmerki

pilone traliccio

鉄塔パイロン塔塔門記念碑

목표탑

atrama

balsts

pyloon

høyspentmast luftfyr pylon

pylon

poste

пилон опора

kraftledningsstolpe

เสาทำด้วยเหล็กสำหรับติดสายไฟฟ้า

pilondirek elektrik direğiişaret direği/kulesi

cột điện

架高压电线的铁塔路标塔铁塔

pylon

[ˈpaɪlən] N (Elec) → torre f de conducción eléctrica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pylon

[ˈpaɪlən] n → pylône m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pylon

n → Mast m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pylon

[ˈpaɪlən] n → pilone m

pylon

(ˈpailən) , ((American) -lon) noun

1. a tall steel tower for supporting electric power cables.

2. a guiding mark at an airfield.

pylon

→ بُرْجُ كَهْرُبَاء stožár elmast Mast πυλώνας torre de alta tensión sähköpylväs pylône stup dalekovoda pilone 鉄塔 목표탑 pyloon høyspentmast pylon poste опора kraftledningsstolpe เสาทำด้วยเหล็กสำหรับติดสายไฟฟ้า elektrik direği cột điện 铁塔

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In Paddington all Cornwall is latent and the remoter west; down the inclines of Liverpool Street lie fenlands and the illimitable Broads; Scotland is through the pylons of Euston; Wessex behind the poised chaos of Waterloo.

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No doubt, when one contemplates these two Bibles, laid so broadly open in the centuries, it is permissible to regret the visible majesty of the writing of granite, those gigantic alphabets formulated in colonnades, in pylons, in obelisks, those sorts of human mountains which cover the world and the past, from the pyramid to the bell tower, from Cheops to Strasburg.

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Two killed, five injured as pylon falls on labourers

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dpa Kabul Large parts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul have gone dark after an electricity pylon bringing power from Uzbekistan was blown up in the northern province of Baghlan early Monday.

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Pylon of transmission line 220 KV partially damaged in blast

The tower crane that built the central pylon has already been taken down.

Almost there ... Gateway nearly complete

This is what a 150ft pylon looks like after it's been covered with camouflage paint.

HIDING TO NOTHING; Two out of 615 power pylons are given camouflage paint. Can you spot this one?

Unidentified armed men tried but failed to topple a power pylon in North Cotabato around 6 p.m.