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Definition of Pylon
1. Noun. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
2. Noun. A large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines. "Power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists"
Definition of Pylon
1. n. A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway.
2. n. A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span.
Definition of Pylon
1. Noun. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple ¹
2. Noun. A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. ¹
3. Noun. (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. ¹
4. Noun. An obelisk. ¹
5. Noun. A traffic cone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pylon
1. a tall structure marking an entrance or approach [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pylon
Literary usage of Pylon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tanis by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1885)
"the pylon is the foundation of a limestone •wall (Plan, 5) ; this is three courses
high, and seems to have belonged to a structure now destroyed. ..."
2. The Book of the Dead: An English Translation of the Chapters, Hymns, Etc by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1898)
"lady of the Great House, de- oyer of fiends at eventide,' [is thy name]. She hath
the judg- »nt of the feeble bandaged one." IIX. The nineteenth pylon. ..."
3. History of Art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1890)
"Unfortunately our plan is on too small a scale to allow of these being seen ;
but we show the windows on the sunken face of the pylon and at the sides ..."
4. The Papyrus of Ani: A Reproduction in Facsimile by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1913)
"THE FOURTH pylon. In this pylon is seated a hornless, cow-headed goddess, ...
Text t An address to the goddess, and the name of the warder of the pylon— ..."
5. The Egypt of the Past by Erasmus Wilson (1881)
"idea of the grandeur of this pylon may be gathered from the contemplation of ...
The double pyramidal tower with the doorway in the middle, is the pylon, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"pylon, a marker of a course. Rudder, a hinged or pivoted surface, usually more
or less flat or stream lined, used for the purpose of controlling the ..."
7. Egypt Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Land of the Pharaohs by James Henry Breasted (1905)
"We will ascend now to the far side of this nearer or western pylon and look
sharply to our left or north over the full length of the temple. ..."
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