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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 panopticon
 圓形監獄

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pa·nop·ti·con n.
 1. A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.
 2. A room for the exhibition of novelties.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 panopticon
      n 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