Tymp
(Tymp) n. [Cf. Tympan.] (Blast Furnace) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part
of the archway in which the dam stands.
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.
Tympanal
(Tym"pa*nal) n. Tympanic.
Tympanic
(Tym*pan"ic) a. [See Tympanum.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
2. (Anat.) 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.) The tympanic bone.
Tympanist
(Tym"pa*nist) n. [L. tympaniste, Gr. .] One who beats a drum. [R.]
Tympanites
(||Tym`pa*ni"tes) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. a kettledrum.] (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
Tympanitic
(Tym`pa*nit"ic) a. [L. tympaniticus one afflicted with tympanites.] (Med.) Of, pertaining to,
or affected with, tympanites.
Tympanitis
(Tym`pa*ni"tis) n. [NL. See Tympanum, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane
of the middle ear.
Tympanize
(Tym"pa*nize) v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr. .] To drum. [R.] Coles.
Tympanize
(Tym"pa*nize), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tympanized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing ] To stretch,
as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a
drum. [Obs.] "Tympanized, as other saints of God were." Oley.
Tympano
(||Tym"pa*no) n.; pl. Tympani [It. timpano. See Tympanum.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; —
chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also
timpano.]
Tympano-
(Tym"pa*no-) A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to,
the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano- Eustachian.
Tympanohyal
(Tym`pa*no*hy"al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.
— n. The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal
bone in adult man.