Defn: 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.
TYMPANAL
Tym"pa*nal, n.
Defn: Tympanic.
TYMPANIC
Tym*pan"ic, a. Etym: [See Tympanum.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the tympanum. Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone
of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the
tympanic membrane.
— Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear.
TYMPANIC
Tym*pan"ic, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The tympanic bone.
TYMPANIST
Tym"pa*nist, n. Etym: [L. tympaniste, Gr.