Definition of diorama Diorama
di•o•ram•a
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- diorama (Noun)
A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e. g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- diorama (n.)
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. - diorama (n.)
A building used for such an exhibition.
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diorama
A three-dimensional replicated scene in which figures, stuffed wildlife, or other objects are arranged in a thematic setting against a painted or decorated background.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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diorama
dī-ō-rä′ma, n. an exhibition of pictures, illuminated, and viewed through an opening in the wall of a darkened chamber.—adj. Dioram′ic. [Gr. dia, through, horama, a sight.]
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🔤- diorama, noun, singular of dioramas.
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