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A tower is a high structure, usually man-made. The sea can erode the land and make a tower known as a sea-stack .
Purposes:
- being impressive or beautiful
- saving surface area
- for the view
- for spreading lightLight is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye, or in a more general sense, any electromagnetic radiation in the range from infrared to ultraviolet. The three basic dimensions of light (and of all electromagnetic radiation: light tower , lighthouseAn aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. More primitive navigational aids were once used such as a fire on top of a hill o
- for spreading soundThis article is about compression waves. For other meanings, see sound (disambiguation Sound is a mechanical compression and rarefaction or a longitudinal displacement wave that propagates through a medium (solid, liquid or gas). The speed of this propaga: church tower with church bellA church bell is a bell which is rung in a (especially Christian) church either to signify the time of the hour or the time for worshippers to go to church, perhaps to attend a wedding, funeral or other service. Modern church bells are often electronicalls, minaretAswan, Egypt, with minarets. Samarkand, Uzbekistan Minarets ( Arabic and Urdu: minra pl. minar are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. They are generally tall, graceful spires, with onion-shaped crowns, usually either free standing or m of a mosqueMezquita (mosque) in Cordoba, Spain. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. Masjid is the Arabic term for a mosque. This term is used widely throughout the Islamic world, and the word masjid is widely preferred by many Muslims.
- for increasing communications distances antenna tower
- for use of the gravityThis article covers the physics of gravitation. See also gravity (disambiguation). Gravitation is the tendency of masses to move toward each other. The first mathematical formulation of the theory of gravitation was made by Sir Isaac Newton and proved ast: water tower
- as part of a suspension bridge or cable-stayed bridge
- for supporting power and signal cables
- in a swimming pool for jumping from a height
- for fun of climbing in it, for example on a children's playground
- the tower of a high slide, for supporting it and with stairs for reaching the starting point
- to gain access for maintenance or cleaning, e.g. scaffold tower
- for attacking a walled city: siege tower
- to reach heaven (legendary Tower of Babel)
- note: in some parts of the English-speaking world, skyscrapers are not thought of as towers; however in the UK, tall domestic buildings are referred to as tower blocks and in the USA the now-destroyed New York World Trade Center has the nickname the Twin Towers, a moniker it shares with the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
A tower wagon is a mobile tower for construction work, firefighting, rescue work, window cleaning, filming, etc.
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