Tympanum
WordNet

noun


(1)   A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
(2)   The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
(3)   The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. A triangular space between the sides of a pediment.
  2. The middle ear.
  3. The eardrum.
  4. A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects.

Quotations

  • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, page 9
    It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum [...].
 
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