- 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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perceive sound by
different mechanisms, such as thin
vibrating membranes (
tympana).
Insects were the
earliest organisms to
produce and
sense sounds. Hearing...
- some
species are mute. The
singing species have good hearing, via the
tympana on the
tibiae of the
front legs.
Crickets often appear as
characters in...
- Italy. The statues, medallions, and
tympana are
grouped by period. The
north facade has six statues, five
tympana, and two medallions, and the carvings...
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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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collapse of one of the half-domes.
Emperor Basil I
ordered repair of the
tympanas, arches, and vaults. In his book De
caerimoniis aulae Byzantinae ("Book...
- pack
using very short-range
ultrasonic waves from
drumlike organs called "
tympana". Each "soul" can
survive and
evolve by
adding members to
replace those...
- gr****hoppers are
characterized by
relatively short and
stout antennae, and
tympana on the side of the
first abdominal segment. The
Orthoptera Species File...
- of
royal French kings and queens, were
removed from the
portals and the
tympana sculpture defaced. In 1794, the
government decided to
remove the lead tiles...