diorama

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But will that little White House garden end up as something like a diorama, a quaint reenactment of what farming used too be like when it was healthy, they way they would reenact Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag?

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  1. noun A three-dimensional miniature or life-size scene in which figures, stuffed wildlife, or other objects are arranged in a naturalistic setting against a painted background.
  2. noun A scene reproduced on cloth transparencies with various lights shining through the cloths to produce changes in effect, intended for viewing at a distance through an aperture.

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  • When that task was done, the front door of the house aligned with the museum's entrance door—giving what he hoped would be a diorama-like, keyhole effect—it was quitting time, and the workers fled, leaving Robert alone. —  FSF,July2008
  • The base of the diorama is masonite and the terrain was built up using papier-mache, rocks, acrylic liquid plastic, varying grades of sand and water, plus a plastic bucket. —  Analog December, 1974
  • Each diorama is a totem of unrepentant hubris, humanity's pride and the fall before which it goeth. —  Creative Loafing Atlanta Feed
  • Each diorama is hand cast in high quality polystone, hand-finished and hand painted to exacting standards. —  Action-Figure
  • This great diorama is on pre-order at only $209.99, $15 off the MSRP. —  Transformers News
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  1. French, blend of dia-, through (from Greek; see dia-) and panorama, panorama (from English; see panorama).

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  1. from Greek as if *διόραμα, from διορᾶν, see through, from διά, through, + ὁρᾶν, see Cf. panorama.
 

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