
1) Bongo 2) Drum 3) Membranophone 4) Tabor 5) Tabour 6) Tambourine 7) Timbrel 
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1) Drum 2) Membranophone 3) Percussion instrument 4) Percussive instrument 
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 Tympan means skin, and is used in a variety of technical meanings. In an astrolabe, a tympan is a metal plate on which the coordinates of the celestial sphere (azimuth and altitude) are engraved in a stereographic projection. A tympan is specific to a particular latitude, so most astrolabes come with a set of interchangeable tympans suitable for u...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) A drum. • (n.) A panel; a tympanum.
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(from the article `printmaking`) To print, the printing paper is first placed on the stone, followed by a newsprint paper, and then a blotter. Last comes the tympan, a sheet of ...
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In printing, a tympan is a frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, so as to be laid on the form to be impressed.
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a padlike device interposed between the platen or its equivalent and the sheet to be printed, in order to soften and equalize the pressure. · tympanum (defs. 2, 4).
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