[
UK
/pˈaɪlɒn/
]
[ US /ˈpaɪˌɫɑn/ ]
[ US /ˈpaɪˌɫɑn/ ]
NOUN
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a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists - a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
How To Use pylon In A Sentence
- The first, built by Solomon (1012 B.C.) appears from the Biblical description [6] to have combined Egyptian conceptions (successive courts, lofty entrance-pylons, the Sanctuary and the sekos or “Holy of Holies”) with A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
- For those of you unfamiliar with the term "pylon," for our purposes today, a pylon is a self-contained package of six cruise missiles that can be quickly mounted to the wing of a B-52. DOD Briefing on B-52 Munitions and the Bent Spear Incident
- The pylon is to be the centerpiece of a planned underwater museum featuring relics uncovered from the Mediterranean seabed. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
- At the time, the Reno Air Races were starting up and John thought it might be fun to take the big Cat around the pylons.
- Use should also be made of existing buildings and other structures, such as electricity pylons, to site new antennas.
- He wanted to be in and out to preserve daylight flying time because there were loads of electricity pylons around. The Sun
- The structure, designed by John B. Jervis, had blank walls, huge central and corner pylons, and a blank cavetto cornice, a concave bracket that lines the edge of many ancient Egyptian temples and facades. 19th-Century Egyptian Revivalism
- Concerns are also growing over the pylons needed to carry electricity from remote parts of the Highlands and the Borders.
- For launch, the missile was dropped from the pylon, the tail cone was ejected, and the first motor stage ignited.
- Armament underwing comprises a UV-16-57 rocket pod on the outer pylon and an inert AA-8 Aphid air-to-air missile on the inner pylon.