tympana

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plural of tympanum
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A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects
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A triangular space between the sides of a pediment
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The eardrum
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The middle ear
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{n} a drum, drum of the ear, wheel
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In classical architecture, the triangular area enclosed by a pediment, often decorated with sculptures In medieval architecture, the semi-circular area over a a door's lintel, enclosed by an arch, often decorated with sculptures or mosaics
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the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
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the area between the lintel, or flat top, of a doorway and the arch above it
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A vibrating membrane which is the ear of an insect
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The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch
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The space, usually decorated, above a portal, between a lintel and an arch
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a panel of stone, often carved with relief sculpture, filling an arch above the lintel of an opening
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The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table
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The wall closing the pediment (the end wall of a gable-roof building) Later, pediments were used as a decorative element above windows and door Some authors use pediment for triangular spaces and tympanum for semi-circular; this can lead to confusion, since tympanon has been used about triangular spaces since the Classical period
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Space between lintel and arch over doorway
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in classical architecture, a pediment
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The ear drum, or middle ear
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{i} middle ear (Biology); eardrum, tympanic membrane (Biology); membrane covering a drum; triangular recess on a pediment or below an arch (Architecture); diaphragm in a telephone receiver
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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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Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane
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the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
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The panel, usually semicircular located between the underside of an arch and the top of a doorway within the arch; also the triangular space enclosed by a pediment
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The triangular space enclosed by the cornice or molding of a pediment
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area (either semi-circular or triangular) which dominates a portal Often with sculpted ornamental work
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a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
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One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse
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Space between the lintel of a doorway and the arch above it
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The space between the arch and lintel over a door, often decorated with sculpture
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tympanums tympana an eardrum
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A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds