tympanum

Without the malleus and incus, the vibrations of the tympanum would not be able to reach the stapes and then be sent to the cochlea.

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

In some of these species this anatomy creates a direct mechanical link between the gas bladder and inner ear, analogous to the human tympanum, or eardrum.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2011

A few beggars lay under the great tympanum of Notre Dame’s doorway.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

He joined me, however, as soon as service was over, and walked from Tenth Street to Madison Square, with his grizzly arm thurst through mine, and his diabolical jeers drumming on my tympana.

From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various

These are the tympana or ear-drums of the ear of that leg.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir

The tympana of these arches above were pierced to north, south, and west by three windows now built up but whose outlines are still visible beneath the whitewash which has been daubed over them.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

A favourite device on carved tympana above portals was the Last Judgment.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

But to be done with it—two shouts that slew an eagle a mile up the sky, must have cracked all the tympana of the two million shouters.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson

Old Boer Senators leaned forward, hand behind ear in order that not one word of the Prince's English should escape their Dutch-hardened tympanums.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he had the thrill of seeing his bellowing affect not just the ear of some baffled layman but the tympanums of that knowing politician, the Head of the Democratic Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

In front of the wax two small metal tympanums are supported, each carrying a fine needle point or stylus on its under centre.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro

The tympanums, as well as the windows between them, and the turrets are flanked by a series of Romanesque columns.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.