Pylon may refer to:

Structures and boundaries

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 consis ...

, 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 the opposite side of the field ...

Aircraft pylon A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on t ...

, an external mount for equipment such as engines and weapons *

Electricity pylon A transmission tower (also electricity pylon, hydro tower, or pylon) is a tall structure, usually a lattice tower made of steel that is used to support an overhead power line. In electrical grids, transmission towers carry high voltage, high-volt ...

, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line * Traffic pylon, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic *

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 ...

, a railroad pylon carrying at least one circuit for traction current

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Pylon'' (album), a 2015 album by Killing Joke *

Pylon (band) Pylon was an American new wave/post-punk band from Athens, Georgia, United States, who were active from 1979 to 1983, 1989 to 1991, and 2004 to 2009. The band consisted of singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay, guitarist Randall Bewley, bassist Michael Lac ...

, a rock band from Athens, Georgia, US * ''Pylon'' (novel), a 1935 novel by William Faulkner ** ''Pylon'' (film) or ''The Tarnished Angels'', a 1957 movie based on the novel * Pylon (''StarCraft''), a structure used by the Protoss race in the StarCraft universe * ''Pylon'' (play), a Scottish play * "Pylon" (''Endeavour''), a TV episode

Other uses

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 or ...

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

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 ...

, a set of open source web application frameworks written in Python

Structures and boundaries

Arts, entertainment, and media

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