Tympan definition

Tympan

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WordNet

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

WiktionaryText

a piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed
the stretched membrane of a drum; a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end
a tympanum

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