Cosmorama

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cosmorama \Cos`mo*ra"ma\ (k?z`m?-r?"m? or -r?"m?), n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. ko`smos the world + "o`rama a sight, spectacle, fr.
     "ora^n to see.]
     An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of
     the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of
     lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views


     most closely represent reality.
     [1913 Webster]