Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first of the three ganglionic swellings in the optic tract of an insect's brain.
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Examples
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The uniqueness of the Panopticon is that it allows security to observe (- opticon) all (pan -) the prisoners at once, without the prisoners being able to tell if they are being watched.
Charles Shaw: Inside the Illinois Prison Known as "Hotel Hell" 2010
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However, eight syllables are a mouthful; how about opticonductor, or shorter still, crossing the opticon?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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However, eight syllables are a mouthful; how about opticonductor, or shorter still, crossing the opticon?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Periopticon: third ganglionic swelling of optic tract: see opticon.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Epiopticon: the second ganglionic swelling of the optic tract: see opticon.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Both of the talks will be illustrated with stere opticon views of actual scenes from life among the Zulus.
SEME 1910
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The Gravity is proving it really can be ... pan opticon: don't forget the great Synthetic Division show recently with Brad Savage ...
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The Gravity is proving it really can be ... pan opticon: don't forget the great Synthetic Division show recently with Brad Savage ...
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The Gravity is proving it really can be ... pan opticon: don't forget the great Synthetic Division show recently with Brad Savage ...
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Saddam = Teh Bad NSA & UFOs; Mexican army captures marijuana; UK builds road pan-opticon; British tab says Bush wanted to bomb Al Jazeera
HongPong.com - Dan Feidt's log on information operations, spinstorms and latent contradictions 2008
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