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Grammar : Noun
Spell : eer-druhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪərˌdrʌm


Définition of eardrum

Origin :
  • 1640s, from ear (n.1) + drum (n.).
  • noun inside of ear
Example sentences :
  • So do the adjacent molecules of air and so does the eardrum of a listener.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • When sounds strike the eardrum it vibrates and excites the nerve of hearing.
  • Extract from : « The Insect Folk » by Margaret Warner Morley
  • Interference with the action of the eardrum may be due to the partial destruction of the drum itself.
  • Extract from : « Physiology » by Ernest G. Martin
  • When the molecules of air next your ear receive the push they in turn push against your eardrum.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • As they move away they make a little vacuum there and the eardrum puffs out.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • Way back inside the ear is a little curtain, or eardrum, made of a thin membrane.
  • Extract from : « The Insect Folk » by Margaret Warner Morley
  • Monsieur Le Grand drummed till my own eardrum was nearly cracked.
  • Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. » by Various
  • There was no speckle of light to classify and ignore, no susurrus of air molecules raining against the eardrum.
  • Extract from : « Instinct » by George Oliver Smith
  • If a shell goes off too near you and the eardrum suffers, Dr. McKernon will be on the job to find out if he can't make a new one.
  • Extract from : « The Stars & Stripes, Vol 1, No 1, February 8, 1918 » by American Expeditionary Forces
  • Then, once more the powder burned her cheek and the eardrum was numbed under an explosion.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

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