tympan paper

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• tympan paper — noun : a hard paper treated with oil or glycerin and used as a tympan on printing presses …   Useful english dictionary

• tympan — [tim′pən] n. [ME < OE timpana & OFr tympan < L tympanum < Gr tympanon, a drum, area of a pediment, panel of a door < typtein, to strike, beat < IE * (s)teup , to strike > STEEP1] 1. Obs. a drum 2. the paper, cardboard, etc.… …   English World dictionary

• Tympan — Tym pan, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.] 1. A drum. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. [1913 Webster] 3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tympan sheet — Tympan Tym pan, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.] 1. A drum. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. [1913 Webster] 3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tympan — In hand operated letterpress printing, the tympan is the taut cloth or paper mounted in a frame which is placed over the sheet of paper immediately prior to lowering the platen to make the impression.Tympan refers to a sheet of oiled manilla… …   Wikipedia

• tympan — [ tɪmpən] noun 1》 (in letterpress printing) a layer of packing placed between the platen and the paper to be printed to equalize the pressure over the whole forme. 2》 Architecture another term for tympanum. Origin C16: from Fr. tympan or L.… …   English new terms dictionary

• tympan — noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Old English timpana, from Latin tympanum; in other senses, from Medieval Latin & Latin tympanum Date: before 12th century 1. drum I,1 2. a sheet (as of paper or cloth) placed between the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …   Universalium

• Printing press — For the history and technology of movable type, see Movable type. Printing press from 1811, exhibited in Munich, Germany …   Wikipedia

• printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …   Universalium

• Perforated eardrum — Rupture or perforation (hole) of the eardrum can occur in infection, trauma (e.g. by trying to clean the ear with sharp instruments), explosion, loud noise or surgery (accidental creation of a rupture). Flying with a severe cold can also cause… …   Wikipedia