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tympanum
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) A triangular space between the sides of a pediment. 2 (context architecture English) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. 3 The middle ear. 4 The eardrum. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The tympanum is exceptionally large and, with the lintel below, depicts the Last Judgement. ▪ The north doorway has a remarkable tympanum deeply set in the porch like that at Autun. ▪ Walk around the outside of the N transept ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, n.; pl. E. Tympanums , L. Tympana . [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to strike, beat. See Type , and cf. Timbrel .] (Anat.) The ear drum, or middle ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tympanum may refer to: Tympanum (architecture) , an architectural element located within the arch or pediment Tympanum (anatomy) , a hearing organ/gland in frogs and toads, a flat red oval on both sides of a frog's head Tympanum, in biology, the eardrum ...
Usage examples of tympanum.
Ambrogio, Milan, where the tympana of the well-known baldachin are of this material, and contain modelled figures.
The outermost of the three ossicles is attached to the tympanum and moves with it.
The whole structure from the tympanum to this small opening, including the tympanic cavity and the ossicles, is called the middle ear.
The function of the ossicles is more than that of transmitting the vibration pattern of the tympanum.
Egyptology led me to associate them with the flute, the sambuke, the sistrum, and the tympanum.
In this tree-toad there is a long black lateral line running posteriorly from the tympanum and above it a shorter line just as in the drawings.
They stared at each other for a moment, then Scriber made silly squirling gestures at his shoulder tympana.
This is important, because the tympanum will move most sensitively if the air pressure is the same on both sides.
From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the labyrinth and tympanum are the most essential parts of the organs of hearing.
A strange case is reported in a girl of fourteen, who lost her tympanum from a profuse otorrhea, and who substituted an artificial tympanum which was, in its turn, lost by deep penetration, causing augmentation of the symptoms, of the cause of which the patient herself seemed unaware.
And somewhere distant, somewhere near the heart of the rock, in a matriarchal chamber all of its own, something drummed out messages to its companions and helpers, stiffly articulated antlerlike forelimbs beating against stretched tympana of finely veined skin, something that had been waiting here for eternities, something that wanted nothing more than to care for the souls of the lost.
An intriguing single-decker medical-looking bldg. with a sort of tympanum over the smoked-glass door with an ad that says COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS that Gately's always wanted to poke the old head in and have a look at what on earth they might be up to in there.
The secretion of cerumen is increased in response to irritation and the wax may accumulate to the point where it will cover the tympanum and bring about considerable loss of hearing until such time as the ear is washed out.
With one of Scar's tympana hurt, wild gestures made him lose track of his thoughts.
They didn't cover his low-sound ears at all, but instead the forehead and shoulder tympana of his trigger member.