Definition of Tympan. Meaning of Tympan. Synonyms of Tympan

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Definition of Tympan

Tympan
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.

Meaning of Tympan from wikipedia

- Tympan means skin, and is used in a variety of technical meanings. In an astrolabe, a tympan is a metal plate on which the coordinates of the celestial...
- in its completed form, with tympans attached to the end of the carriage, and with the frisket above the tympans. The tympans, inner and outer, are thin...
- Tympany or tympanites (sometimes tympanism or tympania), also known as meteorism (especially in humans), is a medical condition in which excess gas ac****ulates...
- geographic coordinates are mapped on an astrolabe's tympan through a stereographic projection. Hypothetical tympan (40° north latitude) of a 16th-century European...
- not desired to print. The frisket is set in a frame, often hinged to the tympan that holds the paper in place. A new frisket has to be cut for each different...
- tussive tymb- mound Gr**** τύμβος (túmbos), τυμβεύω, τύμβευμα entomb, tomb tympan- drum Gr**** τύμπανον (túmpanon) timbre, timpanist, tympani, tympanum typ-...
- locked inside the fridge. 2b 2b "It's Been a Hard Day's Noise" "(Tchao Tympan)" Olivier Jean-Marie Philippe Pierre-Adolphe Pascal David September 10, 1998 (1998-09-10)...
- Gr**** τρόπος (trópos), a turn, way, manner, style Geotropic, Phototropic tympan(o)- eardrum Gr**** τῠ́μπᾰνον (túmpanon), drum, eardrum Tympanocentesis, Tensor...
- skin getting stained black with ink when removing sheets of paper from the tympan. In 1683, English printer Joseph Moxon wrote that "devil" was a humorous...
- met Fred Pallem and joined the Troupe du Phénix as well as Le Sacre du Tympan (with whom he won the prestigious Victoire de la Musique award in 2006)...