georaman.
/ˌdʒiːəˈrɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌdʒiəˈræmə/, /ˌdʒiəˈrɑmə/ Now historical.
A terrestrial globe, esp. one of very large size intended to be viewed from the inside. Also figurative.
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georama1823
moving map1830
Foucault pendulum1852
1823 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 5 96 A new method of teaching geography has just been invented at Paris, by means of what the author calls the Georama.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Georama, an instrument or machine which exhibits a very complete view of the earth, lately invented in Paris.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1188 Georamas and uranoramas, used as lamp-shades.
1897 Athenæum 9 Jan. 52/3 The..first works..of L. V. de St.-Martin..were an elementary atlas and a georama (1826), the first globe of the kind seen in Paris.
1916 M. A. Stobart Flaming Sword Serbia 96 Their tent doors opened to a georama of mountains and valleys which seemed to stretch to Infinity.
1977 E. K. Kaplan Michelet's Poetic Vision 121 His extraordinary perception takes place in a georama, a large spherical room whose walls picture the globe's surface.
2001 D. E. Cosgrove Apollo's Eye viii. 206 Public georamas were constructed in Paris in 1823 and 1844.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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