panopticon: Meaning and Definition of

pan•op•ti•con

Pronunciation: (pan-op'ti-kon"), [key]
— n.
  1. a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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