Associations to the word «Tympan»

Wiktionary

TYMPAN, noun. A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed
TYMPAN, noun. (musical instruments) the stretched membrane of a drum; a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end
TYMPAN, noun. (architecture) a tympanum

Dictionary definition

TYMPAN, noun. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.

Wise words

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