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English Dictionary: tympan by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tympan
n
  1. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    Synonym(s): drum, membranophone, tympan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tympan \Tym"pan\, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of
      a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.]
      1. A drum. [Obs.]
  
      2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum.
  
      3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which
            the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form
            to be impressed.
  
      {Tympan sheet} (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as
            that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a
            guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. --W.
            Savage.
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