pylons
Electrical line supports
Pylons are tall structures that support something elevated.
Most commonly, pylons are the steel towers carrying high-voltage electrical lines across the landscape.
At airports, pylons are the cone-shaped markers that define courses or boundaries.
In architecture, a pylon is a monumental gateway, especially the truncated pyramidal towers flanking ancient Egyptian temple entrances.
On aircraft, pylons are the structures mounting engines or weapons to wings.
Sending of information
- powerlineElevated electrical conductor
- high-voltageCarrying strong electrical current
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- substationPower distribution point
grid · insulators · conductors · cables · wires · overhead · utility · distribution
To uphold or sustain
- towersTall vertical structures
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- girderMain structural support beam
gateway · columns · pillars · beams · trestle · foundation · load-bearing · steel
Relating to the pharaohs' land
- gatewayPoint of access
- templeSacred worship structure
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
pharaonic · Luxor · Karnak · hieroglyphic · obelisk · massive · stone · ceremonial
transmission
Sending of information
- powerlineElevated electrical conductor
- high-voltageCarrying strong electrical current
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
substation · grid · insulators · conductors · cables · wires · overhead · utility · distribution · towers
support
To uphold or sustain
- towersTall vertical structures
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- frameworkUnderlying support system
girder · gateway · columns · pillars · beams · trestle · foundation · load-bearing · steel · concrete
Egyptian
Relating to the pharaohs' land
- gatewayPoint of access
- templeSacred worship structure
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
tapered · pharaonic · Luxor · Karnak · hieroglyphic · obelisk · massive · stone · ceremonial · processional
markers
Pens with porous tips
taxiway · course · racing · slalom · obstacles · turning · gates · checkpoint · orange · fluorescent
channel
Passage for transmission
- navigationDetermining position and course
- buoysAnchored floating signals
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
seamarks · fairway · maritime · mooring · entrance · port · waterway · markers · shipping · lanes
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- Football Fieldend zone, endzone, goal line, goal post, goalpost
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- Skylinesskyscrapers, New York, high-rises, towers, spires
pylonsunderground cables
Wires installed beneath surface
buried cables · underground utilities · foundations · footings · tunnels
- electricity pylonStructure carrying power cables