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tympaning

tympaning noun: the material used for tympans, or padding under the platen of a letterpress.

Noun

tympaning (uncountable)

  1. The material used for tympans, or padding under the platen of a letterpress.

Questions about tympaning

What does tympaning mean?
Tympaning means the material used for tympans, or padding under the platen of a letterpress.
What part of speech is tympaning?
Tympaning is a noun.

Words near tympaning in the dictionary

  1. tympanicity
  2. tympanics
  3. tympanicum
  4. tympanies
  5. tympaniform
  6. tympaning
  7. tympaniogram
  8. tympanis
  9. tympanism
  10. tympanist
  11. tympanists

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