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Definition of Tympanums
1. tympanum [n] - See also: tympanum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tympanums
Literary usage of Tympanums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"The instrument promises to be of great service in determining the value of
artificial tympanums in instances of deafness due to imperfection or destruction ..."
2. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1879)
"The cotton artificial tympanums introduced original!y by the late Dr. Yearsley,
and the membranous tympanums introduced by the late Mr. Toynbee, FRS, ..."
3. Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to Washington and the District of Columbia by Ernest Ingersoll (1893)
"The semi-circular wall-spaces beneath the vault at each end (tympanums) are 34
feet long by <))4 f£et high, and afford space for four paintings, ..."
4. The Odes of Pindar by Pindar, Dawson William Turner, Abraham Moore (1852)
"... that the whole space within the temple, next the root between the tympanums,
... this ornament was placed upon the tympanums of their temples. ..."
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