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noun

Pylon n.

(a)

A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. "Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front."

(b)

An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span.

(Aeronautics)

(a)

Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an aeroplane.

(b)

A post, tower, or the like, as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.

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Etymology of 'Pylon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pylon" Quotes from Famous Books

... and round them heap the slain. First Damasus, by Polypoetes' steel, Pierced through his helmet's brazen visor, fell; The weapon drank the mingled brains and gore! The warrior sinks, tremendous now no more! Next Ormenus and Pylon yield their breath: Nor less Leonteus strews the field with death; First through the belt Hippomachus he gored, Then sudden waved his unresisted sword: Antiphates, as through the ranks he broke, The falchion struck, and fate pursued the stroke: Iamenus, ...

— The Iliad of Homer • Homer

... thick to prevent the infiltration of the rain. The dwellings of the wealthy lords were usually erected in the centre of a garden, or of a cultivated court, and occupied a considerable space. The entrance was announced by a colonaded porch or a pylon, and the interior was like a small city,—the dwelling in the background, with the granaries, stables, servants' quarters and out-buildings disposed here and there about ...

— The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 • Various

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