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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pan•op•ti•con n.

Architecturea building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.

1760–70; pan- + Greek optikón sight, seeing (neuter of optikós; see optic)

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