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Noun(1) the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear(2) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound(3) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

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(1) Find the tympanum on the grasshopper.(2) The paired auditory organ, the tympanum , is located on the first abdominal segment.(3) That approach is limited to proceeding no further than the stimulation of sensory receptor sheets (retina, skin, taste buds, tympanum , olfactories).(4) The carvers at Kilpeck also linked the Tree of Life carved on the tympanum with identical foliage gushing from the Green Man on the capital directly below.(5) On the other side of the center door the tympanum shows Jesus giving a blessing with the words pax vobiscum (peace be with you).(6) In turn, the embayment of the squamosal or cheek region was associated with the development of a tympanum or ear drum.(7) Architectural stone sculpture was traditionally highlighted with paint and remains survive, for instance, in the tympanum of the basilica of S. Madeleine in VÔö£┬«zelay, France, or on the faÔö£┬║ade of Conques.(8) The lenticular process is substantially longer than the arm of the manubrium which connects the tympanum to the articular facet.(9) Although now installed in the north transept of the later church, the plaque exactly fits a cavity in the tympanum over the original door giving access from the Panteon to the main sanctuary.(10) The melancholy chief was a magnification of a figure incorporated into Crawford's earlier tympanum frieze of the Senate wing at the United States Capitol.(11) The tympanum over the door contained a white marble medallion relief of a mother nursing her children.(12) The tympanum of turtles is supported by a deep quadrate emargination, and the stapes of turtles is slender because it must vibrate quickly to transmit the sounds from the tympanum to the middle ear.(13) The center doorway is decorated with an elegant tympanum border of marble carved with foliage.(14) Inserted as a tympanum into the skylight of the rear gallery, Red Brace involved LED ├ö├ç├┐beams├ö├ç├û that gave the illusion of floating and moving up and down in space.(15) In the Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets) tympanum are common.(16) Some of the ornamental details, such as the projecting shell of the tympanum , are also found on case pieces made in Salem and Newburyport, Massachusetts.