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Tympan
Meaning
Noun
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In Printing:
A
piece
of
cloth
padding
placed
under the
platen
of a
letterpress
to
distribute
the
pressure
on the
sheet
being printed.
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In Music:
The
stretched
membrane
of a drum.
●
In Music:
A
percussion instrument
consisting of
a
hollow
cylinder
with such a
membrane
at each end.
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In Architecture:
A tympanum.
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The
tympanum
of the ear.
Sourced from
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Origin
tympan
English
tympanum
Latin
τύμπανον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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