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Structures and boundaries

* Pylon (architecture), 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 *
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 the ...
, an external mount for equipment such as engines and weapons *
Electricity pylon A transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon or simply a pylon in British English and as a hydro tower in Canadian English, is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. In electrical ...
, 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 ...


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. The band's danceable sound, a blend of new wave, post-punk, jangle pop, alternative rock and funk rock, influenced the Athens music scene and the 1980s American pop underground. ...
, 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


Other uses

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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 ori ...
, a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground * Pylons project, a set of open source web application frameworks written in Python


See also

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Pylon Peak (disambiguation) Pylon Peak may refer to: * Pylon Peak (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia, Canada * Pylon Peak (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA {{Geodis ...
, several mountains *
Overhead line pylon (disambiguation) Overhead line pylon may refer to: * A transmission tower * A 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 ...
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Pilon (disambiguation) Pilon, Pilón or PILON may refer to: * Pilon (surname) * Pilon (ankle), the distal articular segment of the tibia ** pilon fracture * Pilón, a Cuban musical form and a popular dance created in the 1950s * Pilón, Cuba, a town and municipality in ...
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Pylos Pylos (, ; el, Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is th ...
, a town in Greece {{disambiguation