| | List of masts -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | On land they are also used for communication, usually as a very tall (additional info and facts about radio tower) radio tower, or sometimes for (A short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data) microwave communication arrays. |
 | | Also, many large electrical towers or (additional info and facts about wind-turbine) wind-turbine masts are of an unclear classification. |
 | | There is often crossover in term usage as some skyscraper use the tower term, some towers use the mast term, and ironically ' (A very tall building with many stories) skyscraper' has some (additional info and facts about word heritage) word heritage from references to high sailboat masts. |
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