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tympani::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympanum |
| Type of | percussion instrument, percussive instrument |
| Derivation | timpanist, tympanic, tympanist |
Examples of tympani
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The two lateral sections have giant pilasters surmounted by triangular tympani.
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It joins the rest of the facial nerve via the canaliculus for chorda tympani.
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An alternative spelling, tympani, is occasionally encountered in older English texts.
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These are the horizontal and chorda tympani branches of the facial nerve.
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The exterior is rather undecorated, with stone walls and the portals surmounted by tympani.
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The hollow space of the middle ear has also been called the tympanic cavity, or cavum tympani.
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An eerie rumble of double basses and tympani built in the pit.
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Some guitarists are also adept at other instruments, such as the piano, hammer dulcimer, tuba, and tympani.
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The squamosal bone lacks a suspensory process contacting the tegmen tympani, the roof the tympanic cavity.
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- Kettle: a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- Timpani (also known as kettledrums) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass. ...
- The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra
- A member of the percussion family which is also called the kettle drum because they look like upside-down kettles without a handle or spout.
- Developed in the 18th century, the timpani is the first percussion instrument with definite pitch. Also know as kettledrums. Made of brass or copper, they are large and deep bowls that nest in a tripod.Tom-Tom: Double headed drums, cylindrical and without snares.
