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tympan


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tympan  \Tym"pan\,  n.  [F.,  fr  tympanum  a  kettledrum,  a  panel  of 
  a  door.  See  {Tympanum},  and  cf  {Tymp}.] 
  1.  A  drum.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  (Arch.)  A  panel;  a  tympanum. 
 
  3.  (Print.)  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. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tympan 
  n  :  a  musical  percussion  instrument;  usually  consists  of  a 
  hollow  cylinder  with  a  membrane  stretch  across  each  end 
  [syn:  {drum},  {membranophone}] 




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