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What is the noun for tympanum?

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tympanum
  1. (architecture) A triangular space between the sides of a pediment.
  2. (architecture) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
  3. The middle ear.
  4. The eardrum.
  5. A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects.
  6. (engineering) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Their tympanum is not homologous with the tympanum of mammals and saurians because it developed independently in all three groups.”
      “The lenticular process is substantially longer than the arm of the manubrium which connects the tympanum to the articular facet.”
      “The tympanum over the door contained a white marble medallion relief of a mother nursing her children.”
tympan
  1. (printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
  2. (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
  3. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
  4. (architecture) A tympanum.
  5. Examples:
    1. “In this photo I am folding an edge of the tympan paper over to place over the bottom platen.”
      “The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.”
      “In the cut at the head of this article, the pressman is represented as in the act of turning down the frisket upon the tympan.”
tympanotomy
  1. (surgery) incision into the tympanum
  2. Examples:
    1. “The round window niche was exposed through a posterior tympanotomy and mainly the anterior bony overhang of the round window niche was removed.”
tympanicity
  1. The quality of being tympanic.
tympanotomies
  1. plural of tympanotomy
tympana
tympanums
tympans
  1. plural of tympan
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