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Tympan
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| tympan (ˈtɪmpən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a membrane stretched over a frame or resonating cylinder, bowl, etc |
| 2. | printing packing interposed on a hand-operated text between the platen and the paper to be printed in order to provide an even impression |
| 3. | architect another name for tympanum |
| [Old English timpana, from Latin; see | |
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