tympanum

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Tympanum says that, by extracting the square-root of 3,630, we get 60 yards with a remainder of 30/60, or half-a-yard, which we add so as to make the oblong 60 × 60½.

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)

Tympanum: any membrane stretched like the head of a drum: specifically applied to the membrane covering the auditory organs in Orthoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

You may find the whole story sculptured on the Tympanum of the exquisite northern door of Notre Dame in Paris.

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire

P. schmidtorum chamulae and P. s. schmidtorum, P. ignicolor differs as follows: Tympanum smaller; snout more nearly square; less webbing on toes; internarial region flat instead of depressed; white lateral stripes lacking.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

C. G. L., Nabob, Old Crow, and Tympanum assume that the number of yards in the length of the path is equal to the number of square-yards in the garden.

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)