Dictionary entry

Cosmorama

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cos′mo‐ra″ma (k?z′m?–r?″m? or –r?″m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κόσμοσ the world + ὅραμα a sight, spectacle, fr. ορἁ̑ν 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.