tympan

1. A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
2. The stretched membrane of a drum.
3. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
4. A tympanum.
5. The tympanum of the ear.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɪmpən/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Synonyms

drum

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membranophone

barrel

tambour

Translations

tímpano

τύμπανο

τύμπανο τυπογράφου

μεμβρανόφωνο τύμπανο

tambour

🥁

membranophone

membraphone

tamburo

🥁

trommelvlies

timpaan

bęben

tambor

🥁

membranofone

Membranofone

Membranofones