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tympan

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Noun

HYPHEN

tym=pan

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tympan has 1 sense

tympan(n = noun.artifact) drum, membranophone - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end; Array

has particulars: bass drum, gran casa, bongo, bongo drum, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine, tenor drum, tom-tom, timbrel

has parts: drumhead, head

is a kind of percussion instrument, percussive instrument

Derived form noun tympanist₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tympan, n. [F., fr. L. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See Tympanum, and cf. Tymp.].

A drum. [1913 Webster]
A panel; a tympanum. [1913 Webster]
A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. [1913 Webster]

Tympan sheet (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tympan, n.
1 Printing an appliance in a printing-press used to equalize pressure between the platen etc. and a printing-sheet.
2 Archit. = TYMPANUM.

Etymology

F tympan or L tympanum: see TYMPANUM

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