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diorama definition

dio·rama (dī′ə ramə, -räm-)

noun

  1. a picture painted on a set of transparent cloth curtains and looked at through a small opening
  2. a miniature scene, wholly or partially three-dimensional, depicting figures in a naturalistic setting
  3. a museum display of a preserved or reconstructed specimen, as of wildlife in a simulation of its habitat

Etymology: di(a)- + (pan)orama

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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