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tympanum in Dutch

tympanum in Dutch is timpaan — tympanum means any body part in an animal that is shaped like the head of a drum.

tympanum in Dutch

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

What does "tympanum" mean?

  1. noun Any body part in an animal that is shaped like the head of a drum.
    "When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion."
  2. noun The eardrum, the thin membrane inside the ear.
  3. noun The main space inside the middle ear.
  4. noun A thin, tight membrane on an insect's leg or body that lets it hear, and in some insects, such as cicadas, also produces sound.
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tympanum in a sentence

  • When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion.

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What is "tympanum" in Dutch?
"tympanum" in Dutch is timpaan. tympanum means: Any body part in an animal that is shaped like the head of a drum.
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