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What (who) is tympanum - definition
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Tympana; Tympanums; Tympanum (disambiguation)
tympanum
n.
Drum (of the ear).
tympanum
['t?mp?n?m]
¦ noun (plural tympanums or tympana -n?)
1. Anatomy & Zoology the membrane forming part of the organ of hearing, which vibrates in response to sound waves; the eardrum.
2. Architecture a vertical recessed triangular space forming the centre of a pediment or over a door.
Origin
C17: via L. from Gk tumpanon 'drum'.
Tympanum
·noun A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
II. Tympanum ·noun One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
III. Tympanum ·noun The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
IV. Tympanum ·noun The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. ·see Ear.
V. Tympanum ·noun The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
VI. Tympanum ·noun A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, - used for raising water, as for irrigation.
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Tympanum
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
- Tympanum, or tympanal organ, a hearing organ in insects
- Tympanum (hand drum), a percussion instrument in ancient Greece and Rome
- Timpano, in music, singular of timpani, a kettledrum
- Sakia or saqiya, in Latin "tympanum", a water-raising device
- Larnaca Tympanum, a medieval sculpture
