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Meanings of tympan in inglés

portugués
membranofone
catalán
tambor
español
membranófono

A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.

membranófono
Usage of tympan in inglés
1
Preparing the tympan, regulating the impression, underlaying and overlaying, setting gauges, and other details explained.
Division of Words / Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends ...
2
The composition, which fills the tympan of the scarcely-pointed arch, represents Christ surrounded by the twelve Apostles.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
3
Over the cylinder is supported a diaphragm or tympan T, provided with a conical mouthpiece M for speaking into.
The Story of Electricity
4
It consisted of a table, along which the forme of type, furnished with a tympan and frisket, was pushed by hand.
Men of Invention and Industry
5
The tympan of the duplicating machine is sometimes made uneven so that the impression of a typewriter is still further carried out.
Business Correspondence, Vol. 1: How to Write a Business Letter
6
The tympan employed for receiving is made of gold-beater's skin, having a stud at its centre and a springy stylus of steel wire.
The Story of Electricity
7
The ornament is nearly confined to the tympan over the portal, the capitals of columns, and to the choir with its seven absidal chapels.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
Frequent collocations
Translations for tympan
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tambor
Tympan through the time