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Affording a comprehensive view over a place or group.
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- panoptic view
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A panoptic view opened from the tower.
The panoptic layout left few hiding places.
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Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more panoptic; superlative most panoptic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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