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Grammar : Noun
Spell : tim-puh-nuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪm pə nəm

Définition of tympanum

Origin :
  • "drum of the ear," 1610s, from Medieval Latin tympanum, introduced in this sense by Italian anatomist Gabriello Fallopio (1523-1562), from Latin tympanum "drum," from Greek tympanon "a drum, panel of a door," from root of typtein "to beat, strike" (see type (n.)). Cf. Old English timpan "drum, timbrel, tambourine," from Latin tympanum. The modern meaning "a drum" is attested in English from 1670s.
  • As in eardrum : noun inside of ear
Example sentences :
  • It consists of a tympanum or drum, having a stylus attached as in the phonograph.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The tympanum is filled with stones arranged in zig-zag patterns.
  • Extract from : « Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys » by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
  • The tympanum of the large arch is pierced with a quatrefoil or trefoil.
  • Extract from : « Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys » by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
  • Imagine such an establishment domesticated at one's tympanum!
  • Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • In the tympanum are good reliefs and a well-cut Adoration of the Magi.
  • Extract from : « Cathedral Cities of Spain » by William Wiehe Collins
  • Elden, was intended to cure deafness by cutting the tympanum.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2 » by Arthur Griffiths
  • First of all, in the tympanum of the left bay, we have His Last Coming.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Chartres » by Cecil Headlam
  • There is no external ear, no tympanum, and no Eustachian tube.
  • Extract from : « A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) » by David Starr Jordan
  • This tympanum, surmounted by a large cornice, dominates the work.
  • Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
  • In the tympanum is the subject of the Last Judgment in relief.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lincoln » by A. F. Kendrick

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