Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diorama"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diorama \Di`o*ra"ma\, n. [Gr. ? to see through; ? = dia` through
+ ? to see; cf. ? that which is seen, a sight: cf. F.
diorama. Cf. {Panorama}.]
1. A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and
Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance
through a large opening. By a combination of transparent
and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected
light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters,
much diversity of scenic effect is produced.
2. A building used for such an exhibition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diorama
n : a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous
scene [syn: {panorama}, {cyclorama}]
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