different between upright vs pylon

English

Etymology

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- +? right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic upprétt (“upright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?a?t/

Adjective

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. Vertical; erect.

   I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

   • 1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1–4

     Fab[ell]:?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.

   • 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372

     Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright.
2. Greater in height than breadth.
3. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
   • 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:

     There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

4. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Synonyms

• (vertical, erect): surrect (obsolete, rare)

Derived terms

• upright bass, upright bassist

Translations

Adverb

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. in or into an upright position

Translations

Noun

upright (plural uprights)

1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
3. (informal) An upright piano.
4. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
   • 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)

     The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.

5. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

Holonyms

• (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic

Related terms

• upright piano

Translations

Verb

upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)

1. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (pul?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.l?n/

Noun

pylon (plural pylons)

1. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
2. A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
3. (aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
4. (aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
5. (aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
6. An obelisk.
7. A traffic cone.
8. (American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
9. (medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
   • 1963, Robert Mazet, The Influence of Prosthesis Wearing on the Health of the Geriatric Patient (page 5)

     McKenzie uses a pylon for all above knee amputees, and orders a permanent leg when function merits it.

   • 2007, Michelle H. Cameron, Linda Monroe, Physical Rehabilitation - E-Book

     During the early postoperative period, before the patient has a prosthesis, they may have a rigid dressing with a pylon.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?l?n/
• Hyphenation: py?lon
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

pylon m (plural pylonnen or pylonen, diminutive pylonnetje n)

1. A traffic cone

   Synonym: verkeerskegel

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.l?n/

Noun

pylon m inan

1. gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple
2. pillar of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge
3. high, narrow, vertical sign, usually displaying advertisements, found e.g. near gas stations

Declension