tympan
tympan · tympans
A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the…A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
/ˈtɪmpən/
Meaning
5 sensesA piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
The stretched membrane of a drum.
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
A tympanum.
The tympanum of the ear.
Origin
From Medieval Latin tympanum.From Medieval Latin tympanum.
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Forms
plural: tympansSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end:drummembranophone