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the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.

One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.

The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.

A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.

Tympana, the middle ear; the eardrum; the diaphragm of a telephone.

The ear-drum, the middle ear, the cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone which lodges the ossicles; it is closed externally by the membrana tympani, communicates with the nasopharynx through the Eustachian tube, and with the mastoid cells, and is lined with mucous membrane.

Cavity of middle ear.

The membrane which separates the external from the internal ear, often called the drum of the ear: (arch.) the triangular space between sloping and horizontal cornices, or in the corners or sides of an arch: the panel of a door.

Drum of the ear; triangular space between sloping and horizontal cornices.

The drum of the ear or middle ear; a drum-shaped wheel placed round an axis for raising weights; the area of a pediment; the panel of a door; a triangular space or table in the corners or sides of an arch.

In a printing press, the parchment frame on which the sheet of paper is laid before being turned over on the form of type to be printed.

In anat., the middle cavity of the ear, familiarly called the drum of the ear; in arch., the naked face of a pediment, usually a triangular space or table in the corners or sides of an arch, often enriched with figures; the die of a pedestal; the panel of a door; a drum-shaped wheel with spirally-curved partitions, used for raising water for the purposes of irrigation.

The drum-like cavity constituting the middle ear ; the drum of the ear ; the membrane of the auditory organ on tibia or abdomen of Insect ; an inflatable air-sac on the neck of some Tetraoninae.

The middle ear, or ear-drum.

The drum of the ear, the cavity of the middle ear; in a more restricted sense, the membrana tympani. [Gr.]