Pylon (disambiguation)
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Structures

  • Aircraft pylon, a vertical structure used to mount external equipment such as engines and weapons ("stores") externally on an aircraft
  • Pylon (architecture)
    Pylon (architecture)
    Pylon is the Greek term for a monumental gateway of an Egyptian temple It consists of two tapering towers, each surmounted by a cornice, joined by a less elevated section which enclosed the entrance between them. The entrance was generally about half the height of the towers...

    , the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral
  • Pylon, a support structure for suspension bridges or highways - see transportation support tower
  • Electricity pylon
    Electricity pylon
    A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...

    , or transmission tower, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line

Marker

  • Traffic pylon, or traffic cone, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic
  • An orange marker designating one of four corners of an American football end zone
    End zone
    In gridiron-based codes of football, the end zone refers to the scoring area on the field. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field...


Entertainment

  • Pylon (band)
    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 four members of...

    , a rock band from Athens, Georgia, USA named after the William Faulkner novel of the same name
  • Pylon (novel)
    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. Pylon is the...

    , a 1935 novel by the American author William Faulkner

Other

  • Pylons (web framework), an open source web application framework written in Python
  • Pylon Peak
    Pylon Peak
    Pylon Peak is the southernmost summit of the six named volcanic peaks of Mount Meager in British Columbia, Canada. Two pinnacled ridges extend out from Pylon and are named respectively the Pylons and the Marionettes. Pylon Peak overlooks the Meager Creek Hot Springs.Erosional remnants of flows from...

    , a mountain in southwestern British Columbia, Canada
  • Pylon turn
    Pylon turn
    A pylon turn is a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn, in such a way that an imaginary line perpendicular to aircraft's axis points to a fixed point on the ground...

    , a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground
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