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Pylon   Listen
noun
Pylon  n.  
1.
(a)
A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. "Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front."
(b)
An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
2.
A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span.
3.
(Aeronautics)
(a)
Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an aeroplane.
(b)
A post, tower, or the like, as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.





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