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pylon [ˈpaɪlən] n
1. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) a large vertical steel tower-like structure supporting high-tension electrical cables 2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Navigation) a post or tower for guiding pilots or marking a turning point in a race 3. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a streamlined aircraft structure for attaching an engine pod, external fuel tank, etc., to the main body of the aircraft 4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a monumental gateway, such as one at the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple 5. (Medicine) a temporary artificial leg [from Greek pulōn a gateway] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations pylon n → Mast m n pylon [ˈpailən, (American ) -lon] 1 a tall steel tower for supporting electric power cables. ankermas بُرْج مَعْدَني لِدَعْم الأسْلاك الكَهْرُبائِيَّه пилон stožár højspændingsmast der Hochspannungsmast πυλώνας torre (de tendido eléctrico) tornmast دکل sähkötolppa pylône עַמוּד מֶתָח גָבוֹה तोरण távvezetékoszlop menara háspennumastur pilone 鉄塔 철탑 (elektros linijos) atrama, stulpas balsts pilon hoogspanningsmast lys-/høyspentmast słup (sieci elektrycznej) poste pilon столб stožiar jeklen steber stub dalekovoda kraftledningsstolpe โครงเหล็กรับสายไฟฟ้าแรงสูง pilon, direk 架高壓電線的鐵塔 пілон, опора بجلي کا کھمبا cột điện cao thế 架高压电线的铁塔 2 a guiding mark at an airfield. ankermas بُرْج إرْشاد في المَطار кула maják landingslys der Orientierungsturm πύργος για τον προσανατολισμό αεροσκαφών pilón, torre märgistorn سپرگاه pyloni pylône מִגדָל मार्ग दर्शक चिह्न jelzőoszlop menara udara leiðarmerki pilone 目標塔 (항공기의 kūgio formos kelio ženklas menara udara luchtbaken luftfyr, pylon (typ oznakowania na lotnisku) torre stâlp ориентирная вышка maják orientacijski stolp saobraćajna kupica märke, kon เครื่องหมายบอกทางของสนามบิน işaret direği/kulesi (機場的)路標塔 орієнтирна вишка ہوائي اڈہ کا ايک رہ نما نشان tháp, cột cao đánh dấu đường cho máy bay hạ cánh (机场的)路标塔 pylon → بُرج كهرباء stožár elmast Mast πυλώνας torre de alta tensión sähköpylväs pylône stup dalekovoda pilone 鉄塔 목표탑 pyloon høyspentmast pylon poste опора kraftledningsstople เสาทำด้วยเหล็กสำหรับติดสายไฟฟ้า elektrik direği cột điện 铁塔 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In Paddington all Cornwall is latent and the remoter west; down the inclines of Liverpool Street lie fenlands and the illimitable Broads; Scotland is through the pylons of Euston; Wessex behind the poised chaos of Waterloo. No doubt, when one contemplates these two Bibles, laid so broadly open in the centuries, it is permissible to regret the visible majesty of the writing of granite, those gigantic alphabets formulated in colonnades, in pylons, in obelisks, those sorts of human mountains which cover the world and the past, from the pyramid to the bell tower, from Cheops to Strasburg. |
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