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Meaning of TYMPANUM in English

The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.

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    Meaning of TYMPANUM in English

    • The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.
    • A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
    • One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
    • The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
    • The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
    • 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.

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