tympanum
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The pressure waves strike the tympanum, causing it to vibrate.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A fast-rising artist who had been commissioned at a young age to design the tympanum over the central doors of the National Cathedral, Hart was working in a long, historical tradition of realistic representation.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2017
“Mahna Mahna” is as catchy as a song can be, like a fishing hook stuck in your tympanum.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011
Over the entrance door into one of the earlier funerary chambers, a Greco-Roman triangular tympanum illustrates the gradual penetration of Hellenistic motifs.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
A few beggars lay under the great tympanum of Notre Dame’s doorway.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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