tympana

Noun

The word is derived from tympanum

Meaning

of Tympanum

Source: Webster's dictionary

Phrases with the word

Examples

In Khmer temple architecture, the kala serves as a common decorative element on lintels, tympana and walls, where it is depicted as a monstrous head with a large upper jaw lined by large carnivorous teeth, but with no lower jaw. Source: Internet

Until about the 11th century AD, the Angkorian Khmer confined their narrative bas-reliefs to the space on the tympana above doorways. Source: Internet

Most of the missing images were located in the building's two tympana. Source: Internet

The wheels, or tympana, were solid and were several centimetres (inches) thick. Source: Internet

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