English Dictionary

tympan

/ˈtɪmpən/

noun

(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.

The tympan of the ear is a thin, oval-shaped membrane.

意味（1）

(printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.

意味（2）

(music) The stretched membrane of a drum.

意味（3）

(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.

意味（4）

(architecture) A tympanum.

意味（5）

The tympanum of the ear.

But soon I grew used to these sounds, and then I understood as well as ever, that is to say fully one half of what won its way past my tympan.