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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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