Pylon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pylon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Pylon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pylon n a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" Synonym(s): pylon, power pylon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pylon \Py"lon\, n. 1. A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span. 2. (A[89]ronautics) (a) Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an a[89]roplane. (b) A post, tower, or the like, as on an a[89]rodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.