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单词 tympan
释义 tym·pan
noun
also tim·pan \ˈtimpən\
(-s)
Etymology: in sense 1a, from Middle English tympan, timpan, from Old English timpana, from Latin tympanum; in sense 1b, from Irish Gaelic tiompan, from Latin tympanum drum; in other senses from Medieval Latin tympanum eardrum & Latin tympanum drum, architectural panel — more at tympanum
1.
 a. : drum
 b. : a Celtic bowed stringed musical instrument
2.
 a. obsolete : tympanum 1a(1)
 b. : any of various membranous plates functioning basically like the membranous tympanum of the ear
3.
 a. or tympan sheet : a sheet of material (as paper or cloth) in a printing press that is placed between the impression surface (as the platen or impression cylinder) and the paper to be printed : drawsheet
 b. or tympan frame : either of two frames that hold the tympan sheet of a handpress:
  (1) : an inner frame over which the tympan sheet is drawn
  (2) : an outer frame that holds the tympan sheet in place
4. : an architectural panel : tympanum
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