tympan (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

(lb, en, printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
(lb, en, music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
(lb, en, music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
(lb, en, architecture) A tympanum.