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Tympanum

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA drum.
2.NounAny of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head: The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica). The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani). A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound. A membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ in frogs and toads. The labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe.
3.NounThe eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
4.NounThe main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
5.NounA thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.
6.NounA membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ in frogs and toads.
7.NounThe labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe.
8.NounA vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated. The recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
9.NounThe recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
10.NounA 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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