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drumhead

[ druhm-hed ]

noun

  1. the membrane stretched upon a drum.
  2. the top part of a capstan.


adjective

  1. characteristic of a drumhead court-martial; carried out in summary fashion:

    a drumhead execution.

drumhead

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noun

  1. music the part of a drum that is actually struck with a stick or the hand
  2. the head of a capstan, pierced with holes for the capstan bars
  3. another name for eardrum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drumhead1

First recorded in 1615–25; drum 1 + head
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"If you take a video of a drum and watch how it vibrates in slow motion, you can work out the drumhead's shape and stiffness from the vibrational modes," Burns says.

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Instead of vibrating when hit by a wave of pressure like a stick hitting a drumhead, they move with the flow of the air being displaced.

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The halal chicken, first poached and then finished in a pan until its skin is as taunt as a drumhead, made me realize how many truly tasteless birds I have eaten.

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Imitating this sound on a small gong or drumhead will approximate the type of play with timbre that is required.

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And, now, so is the UK's number one single, finally to hit the top almost four decades after he tightened the drumheads on what would come to be known as The Cloudbuster.

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