pylon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: American-football
aeronautics
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ball-games
business
electrical-engineering
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electromagnetism
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Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).
Inflected forms:
form: pylons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
pos: noun
gloss: A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
pos: noun
examples: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
These smaller pylons have might not possess the majesty of the giant 400 kV pylons, but they have a squat charm all of their own and 132 kV was the original voltage of the National Grid when it was rolled out in the 1920s.
gloss: A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
pos: noun
gloss: A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
pos: noun
gloss: A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
pos: noun
gloss: A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An obelisk.
pos: noun
examples: The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.
gloss: A traffic cone.
pos: noun
gloss: An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
pos: noun
gloss: An ineffective, useless player.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: The defensemen have been total pylons tonight!
So I joined a rec league in October with no hockey experience and little skating experience. While its been fun, there is the problem that I continue to be a pylon.
IMO the Nyquist, Pearson and Koeptke experiment is done. Put them on waivers and bring up the young lads. Lambert, Chibby and even Ford can provide some speed and youthful enthusiasm while contributing more than these pylons.
gloss: A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
pos: noun
examples: McKenzie uses a pylon for all above knee amputees, and orders a permanent leg when function merits it.
During the early postoperative period, before the patient has a prosthesis, they may have a rigid dressing with a pylon.
Derived words: anchor pylon
electricity pylon
pylonless
pylonlike
pylon poet
pylon sign
pylon turn
tetrapylon
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: стълб
roman: stǎlb
lang: Czech
word: stožár
lang: Esperanto
word: pilono
lang: Finnish
word: sähköpylväs
lang: French
word: pylône
lang: German
word: Strommast
lang: Greek
word: πυλώνας
roman: pylónas
lang: Italian
word: traliccio
lang: Italian
word: pilone
lang: Japanese
word: 鉄塔
roman: tettō
lang: Māori
word: pouhiko
lang: Māori
word: pouwaea
lang: Māori
word: pou hiko matua
lang: Polish
word: słup wysokiego napięcia
lang: Portuguese
word: torre
lang: Portuguese
word: poste
lang: Russian
word: опо́ра
roman: opóra
lang: Russian
word: пило́н
roman: pilón
lang: Spanish
word: torre
lang: Swedish
word: elstolpe
lang: Turkish
word: pilon