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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: diorama n : a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene [syn: {panorama}, {cyclorama}]
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