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1. (n.) diorama
a scene in miniature reproduced in three dimensions by placing figures before a painted background.
2. diorama
a life-size display representing a scene from nature, a historical event, or the like, using stuffed wildlife, wax figures, etc., in front of a painted or photographed background.
3. diorama
a partly translucent picture viewed through an aperture.
Etymology: (1815–25; < F, =di-di -3+ Gk (h)órāma view (horā-, var. s. of horân to see, look +-ma n. suffix of result))
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1. (noun) panorama, cyclorama, diorama
a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
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1. (noun) diorama
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. (noun) diorama
a building used for such an exhibition
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