tympanums in English
noun
1
the tympanic membrane or eardrum.
Males call not in choruses, but individually, though adults of both sexes appear to lack tympana (eardrums).
2
a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated.
The cathedral of St-Etienne dates from the eleventh century but its north portal with its distinctive, well preserved tympanum depicting the Ascension instead of the more typical Last Judgement was carved in the next century.
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