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Tympan

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Noun

1. drum, membranophone, tympan

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tympan

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noun
1. 
a membrane stretched over a frame or resonating cylinder, bowl, etc
2. printing
packing interposed on a hand-operated text between the platen and the paper to be printed in order to provide an even impression
3. architecture another name for tympanum (sense 3)

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Tympan

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a drum
2. 
the paper, cardboard, etc. stretched over the platen or impression cylinder of a printing press to cushion the paper being printed and equalize type pressure
3. 
any membranelike part
4.  Architecture
tympanum

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tympan

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n.
1. Printing A padding, as of paper or cloth, placed over the platen of a press to regulate the pressure on the sheet being printed.
2. Architecture A tympanum.
3. A tightly stretched sheet or membrane, as on the head of a drum.

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