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timpaan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tympanum noun Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

Senses

timpaan is used for these senses in English:

  • tympanum (architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated

tympanum — full definition

  1. noun Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
  2. noun The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
  3. noun The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
  4. noun A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.
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