Associations to the word «Tympan»
Wiktionary
TYMPAN, noun. A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed
TYMPAN, noun. (musical instruments) the stretched membrane of a drum; a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end
TYMPAN, noun. (architecture) a tympanum
Dictionary definition
TYMPAN, noun. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
Wise words
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is
essential is invisible to the eye.