1. An area where everything is visible 
2. A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791

Derived forms: panopticons

See also: panoptical

Type of: area, prison, prison house

Encyclopedia: Panopticon

• Copernicia alba
• Copernicia australis
• Copernicia cerifera
• Copernicia prunifera
• Copernicus
• copesetic
• copesettic
• copestone
• copier
• copilot
• coping
• coping saw
• coping stone
• copious
• copiously
• copiousness
• coplanar
• Copland
• Copley
• copolymer
• copolymerise
• copolymerize
• copper
• copper beech
• copper color