transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtim-pə-nəm ]
noun
( plural tym·pa·na -nə ; also -nums )
Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin, eardrum, from Latin, drum, architectural panel, from Greek tympanon drum, kettledrum; perhaps akin to Greek typtein to beat
Date: 1619
1.
a.
(1) : tympanic membrane
(2) : middle ear
b. : a thin tense membrane covering an organ of hearing of an insect — see insect illustration
c. : a membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ
2.
a. : the recessed usually triangular face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices
b. : the space within an arch and above a lintel or a subordinate arch
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