Definition of Dioramas

1. Noun. (plural of diorama) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dioramas

1. diorama [n] - See also: diorama

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioramas

diopter
diopters
dioptometer
dioptometers
dioptra
dioptral
dioptre
dioptres
dioptric
dioptric aberration
dioptrical
dioptrics
dioptries
dioptry
diorama
dioramas (current term)
dioramic
diorism
diorisms
dioristic
diorite
diorite-plagiogranitic
diorites
dioritic
diorthoses
diorthosis
diorthotic
dioscin
dioscorea
dioscoreaceous

Literary usage of Dioramas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Painting Popularly Explained: Including Fresco, Water-glass, Oil, Tempera by Thomas John Gullick, John Timbs (1864)
"... dioramas, PANORAMAS, ETC. its own laws and practical and scientific rules. The scene painter Scene Painting is an extensive and peculiar walk of art, ..."

2. Fort Worth, Texas: A Photographic Portrait by Peter A. Calvin, Photographer (2007)
"... Texas and Southwest Cattle Raiser's Museum (top and bottom) dioramas, artifacts and interactive exhibits set the stage for the lively history of the ..."

3. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1846)
"THE BACK-LIGHT IN PORTABLE dioramas. IN the Portable dioramas invented by Mr. ... In dioramas constructed for internal light, particularly when shutters are ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1845)
"On admitting the Back-Light, in Portable dioramas ... In dioramas constructed for internal light (as described in my last two communications), ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"dioramas collapsed by scores at the Grandison Rooms, which were the home, or rather the family vault of dioramas for many long-suffering years, ..."

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