English-Thai Dictionary

tympanum

N หู ชั้น กลาง  hu-chan-klang

 

tympanum

N เยื่อ แก้วหู  yuai-kea-hu

 

tympanum

N แผ่น สั่น ของ หูโทรศัพท์  pan-san-kong-hu-to-ra-sab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TYMPANUM

n.The drum of the ear. [See Tympan. ] 1. In mechanics, a wheel placed round an axis.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TYMPANUM

Tym "pa *num, n.; pl. E. Tympanums, L. Tympana. Etym: [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. Type, and cf. Timbrel. ]

 

1. (Anat. ) (a ) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear. (b ) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.

 

3. (Arch. ) (a ) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b ) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.

 

4. (Mech. )

 

Defn: A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tympanum

tym pa num |ˈtimpənəm ˈtɪmpənəm | ▶noun ( pl. tympanums or tympana |-nə | ) 1 Anatomy & Zoology the tympanic membrane or eardrum. • Entomology a membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas ) for producing sound. • archaic a drum. 2 Architecture a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated. • a similar space over a door between the lintel and the arch. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek tumpanon ‘drum, ’ based on tuptein ‘to strike. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tympanum

tympanum |ˈtɪmpənəm | ▶noun ( pl. tympanums or tympana |-nə | ) 1 Anatomy & Zoology the tympanic membrane or eardrum. • Entomology a membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas ) for producing sound. 2 Architecture a vertical recessed triangular space forming the centre of a pediment, typically decorated. • a similar space over a door between the lintel and the arch. 3 archaic a drum. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek tumpanon ‘drum ’, based on tuptein ‘to strike ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Tympanum

Tym pa num Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T y mpanum |das Tympanum; Genitiv: des Tympanums, Plural: die Tympana lateinisch tympanum < griechisch týmpanon 1 Architektur Tympanon 1 2 (in der Antike ) Handtrommel, kleine Pauke

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tympanum

tym pa num /tɪ́mpənəm /名詞 複 ～s, -na /-nə /C 1 〘解剖 〙鼓膜, 中耳 (eardrum ).2 〘建 〙(破風などの )三角小間 .3 〘電 〙(電話機の )振動板 .