tympan
Noun
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Noun
tympan (plural tympans)
- (printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
- (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
- (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
- (architecture) A tympanum.
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