- Look up tympanum or
timpanum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tympanum may
refer to:
Tympanum (architecture), an
architectural element located within...
- A
tympanum (pl.:
tympana; from Gr**** and
Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or
triangular decorative wall
surface over an entrance, door...
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stout antennae (so they may be
called "short-horned gr****hoppers"), and
tympana on the side of the
first abdominal segment. The
Orthoptera Species File...
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perceive sound by
different mechanisms, such as thin
vibrating membranes (
tympana).
Insects were the
earliest organisms to
produce and
sense sounds. Hearing...
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collapse of one of the half-domes.
Emperor Basil I
ordered repair of the
tympanas, arches, and vaults. In his book De
Ceremoniis ("Book of Ceremonies"),...
- they had a more
elongated shape and were made in two
pieces (mantles and
tympana) cast
separately using the lost wax method.
Pejeng drum was
designed in...
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structures called tympana (singular – tympanum) by
which they
detect sounds, the
equivalent of
having ears.
Males disable their own
tympana while calling...
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Constantinople are
truly classical Byzantine artworks. The
north and
south tympana beneath the dome was
decorated with
figures of prophets,
saints and patriarchs...
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unique to the
Dictyoptera in that they have
tympanate hearing, with two
tympana in an
auditory chamber in
their metathorax. Most
mantises can only hear...
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large trabeculation of the
posterior ventral skull between the ears. The
tympana of the ear lies
almost horizontally and the
manubrial tips are separated...
