Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tympanum
Tympanum
tympanum
n. (pl. tympanums or tympana) 1 Anat. a the middle ear. b the tympanic membrane. 2 Zool. the membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg of an insect. 3 Archit. a a vertical triangular space forming the centre of a pediment. b a similar space over a door between the lintel and the arch; a carving on this space. 4 a drum-wheel etc. for raising water from a stream. Etymology: L f. Gk tumpanon drum f. tupto strike
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noun (plural tympana; also -nums) Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin, eardrum, from Latin, drum, architectural panel, from Greek tympanon drum, kettledrum; perhaps akin to Greek typtein to beat Date: 1619 1. a. tympanic membrane, middle ear, a thin tense membrane covering an organ of hearing of an insect, a membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ, 2. the recessed usually triangular face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, the space within an arch and above a lintel or a subordinate arch ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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