- Look up
tympanum or
timpanum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tympanum may
refer to:
Tympanum (architecture), an
architectural element located within...
- The
tympanum is an
external hearing structure in
animals such as mammals, birds, some reptiles, some
amphibians and some insects.
Using sound, vertebrates...
- A
tympanum (pl.: tympana; from Gr**** and
Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or
triangular decorative wall
surface over an entrance, door...
- A
tympanal organ (or
tympanic organ) is a
hearing organ in insects,
consisting of a
tympanal membrane (
tympanum)
stretched across a
frame backed by an...
- The
Larnaca Tympanum is a
medieval sculpture in
white marble found at
Larnaca in
Cyprus in the
nineteenth century. It is now in the
collection of the V&A...
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Tropic of Capricorn,
defines the size of the astrolabe's
tympanum. The
center of the
tympanum (and the
center of the
three circles) is
actually the north-south...
- Look up
tympanum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
ancient Greece and Rome, the
tympanon (τύμπανον) or
tympanum, was a type of
frame drum or tambourine...
- with
dramatic scenes of
heaven and ****.
Other features include a rare
tympanum signed by
Giselbertus of Autun. The
Autun Cathedral is a
magnificent display...
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central China south to
northern Vietnam. They are
commonly known as hidden-
tympanum horned toads. They were
synonymized with
Xenophrys in 2006, but revived...
- The
tympanum of the
central portal of the
Madeleine de Vézelay is
different from its
counterparts across Europe. From the beginning, its
tympanum was...
