English Explanatory Dictionary

tympan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
  2. The stretched membrane of a drum.
  3. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
  4. A tympanum.
  5. The tympanum of the ear.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɪmpən/

Word forms

tympan tympans

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

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