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单词 tympan
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Definition of tympan in English:

tympan

noun ˈtɪmpənˈtɪmpən
  • 1(in letterpress printing) a layer of packing, typically of paper, placed between the platen and the paper to be printed to equalize the pressure over the whole forme.

    (凸版印刷)压纸格;衬垫

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One last point, however: when the card is removed the original image on the tympan sheet will be exposed.
    • In this photo I am folding an edge of the tympan paper over to place over the bottom platen.
    • Please use the chase dimension only when ordering tympan for your ‘platen’ press.
    • Jacques Derrida, in the preface to Margins of Philosophy, identifies the printing press-specifically, the ‘tympan’ as the agent of division.
    • The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
  • 2Architecture

    another term for tympanum
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of interest is the western portal of the vestry with twisted columns and tympans, arranged in a ledge.

Origin

Late 16th century (in sense 1): from French tympan or Latin tympanum (see tympanum). sense 2 dates from the early 18th century.

Definition of tympan in US English:

tympan

nounˈtimpənˈtɪmpən
  • 1(in letterpress printing) a layer of packing, typically of paper, placed between the platen and the paper to be printed to equalize the pressure over the whole forme.

    (凸版印刷)压纸格;衬垫

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One last point, however: when the card is removed the original image on the tympan sheet will be exposed.
    • In this photo I am folding an edge of the tympan paper over to place over the bottom platen.
    • Jacques Derrida, in the preface to Margins of Philosophy, identifies the printing press-specifically, the ‘tympan’ as the agent of division.
    • The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
    • Please use the chase dimension only when ordering tympan for your ‘platen’ press.
  • 2Architecture

    another term for tympanum
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of interest is the western portal of the vestry with twisted columns and tympans, arranged in a ledge.

Origin

Late 16th century (in tympan (sense 1)): from French tympan or Latin tympanum (see tympanum). tympan (sense 2) dates from the early 18th century.

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