Examples of 'tympanum' in a sentence

Meaning of "tympanum"

Tympanum refers to a circular or triangular decorative wall surface over a door, window, or niche
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  • A drum.
  • Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
  • The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
  • A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.

How to use "tympanum" in a sentence

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The tympanum is distinct and oval in shape.
It does not have a tympanum or cannot be seen.
The tympanum is submerged and poorly visible.
Isolated projection topped with a triangular tympanum.
Neither tympanum nor cranial crests are present.
The top part is closed by the tympanum.
The semicircular tympanum depicts a tree of life.
Above is a rectangular window surmounted by the tympanum.
The tympanum is present but can be indistinct.
The porch entrance has a magnificent tympanum.
The tympanum is almost as large as the eye.
Above the entry is a tympanum style lintel.
The tympanum is visible and oval in shape.
They do not have a prosternal spine or tympanum.
The tympanum is partly concealed and indistinct.

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Many of them considered a tympanum a magic symbol.
The tympanum is relatively small but visible.
Inscription on the tympanum over the main portal.
The tympanum is visible and relatively large.
You are a very good tympanum player.
The tympanum is distinct and vertically oval.
The facade has a round oculus in the tympanum.
The tympanum is hidden under the skin.
The allegorical sculpture group of the tympanum was destroyed.
The tympanum is prominent and vertically oval.
The supratympanic fold is weak and no tympanum is present.
The tympanum is small but very distinct.
Phrynobatrachus nanus has an indistinct tympanum.
The tympanum has an indented triangular frame.
View of the inner wall of the tympanum enlarged.
The tympanum of the door of the basilica.
Western portal with a decorative tympanum.
The tympanum is brown with a white circle surrounding it.
She holds a tympanum and a staff.
A tympanum is the decorated surface of a pediment.
You still are the best tympanum player in the army.
The tympanum is visible in these frogs.
In the hood mould there is a tympanum with a diaper pattern.
Tympanum and tympanic ring are absent.
The upper tympanum is rounded.
Tympanum hidden under the skin.
There is no external sign of tympanum.
The northern tympanum mosaics feature various saints.
They have a distinct tympanum.
The tympanum is distinct and ovoid.
Two separated spines can be seen above the tympanum.
The tympanum is covered by skin and barely visible.
There is no externally visible tympanum.
The tympanum is distinct and round.
Frescos depicting saints on the tympanum above the door.

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