Pylon may refer to:
Structures and boundaries
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Pylon (architecture)
A pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple (Egyptian: ''bxn.t'' in the Manuel de Codage transliterationErmann & Grapow, ''Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache'', vol.1, 471.9–11). The word comes from the Greek term 'gate'. It consists ...
, the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral
* Pylon, a
support tower structure for suspension bridges or highways
* Pylon, an orange marker designating a corner of an American football
end zone
The end zone is the scoring area on the field, according to gridiron-based codes of football. 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. ...
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Aircraft pylon, an external mount for equipment such as engines and weapons
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Electricity pylon
A transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon or simply a pylon in British English and as a hydro tower in Canadian English, is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line.
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, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line
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Traffic pylon
Traffic cones, also called pylons, witches' hats, road cones, highway cones, safety cones, channelizing devices, construction cones, or just cones, are usually cone-shaped markers that are placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traf ...
, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic
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Traction current pylon
A traction current pylon is a railroad pylon carrying at least one circuit for traction current. In Germany, traction current lines with two systems (4 conductor cables) typically have a single level arrangement of the conductor cables. For trac ...
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Pylon'' (album), a 2015 album by Killing Joke
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Pylon (band)
Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia. The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop, alternative rock and funk rock, influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. ...
, a rock band from Athens, Georgia, US
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''Pylon'' (novel), a 1935 novel by William Faulkner
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''Pylon'' (film) or ''The Tarnished Angels'', a 1957 movie based on the novel
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Pylon (''StarCraft''), a structure used by the Protoss race in the StarCraft universe
Other uses
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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 projecting straight out the side of the aircraft (nominally the wing) points to a fixed point on the ground. The maneuver ori ...
, a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground
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Pylons project
Pylons Project is an open-source organization that develops a set of web application technologies written in Python. Initially the project was a single web framework called Pylons, but after the merger with the repoze.bfg framework under the new n ...
, a set of open source web application frameworks written in Python
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Pylon Peak (disambiguation) Pylon Peak may refer to:
* Pylon Peak (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia, Canada
* Pylon Peak (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA
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, several mountains
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Overhead line pylon (disambiguation) Overhead line pylon may refer to:
* A transmission tower
A transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon or simply a pylon in British English and as a hydro tower in Canadian English, is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, ...
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Pilon (disambiguation)
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Pylos, a town in Greece
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