Panoramic monitoring facility - ichibokanshishisetsu

Japanese: 一望監視施設 - いちぼうかんししせつ
Panoramic monitoring facility - ichibokanshishisetsu

…A form of centralized prison proposed by the British thinker J. Bentham in the late 18th century. It can also be translated as a panoptic surveillance facility. A compound word based on the Greek words pan (meaning "all") and optikos (meaning "of the eye, of vision").

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "panoramic monitoring facilities" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…18世紀後半にイギリスの思想家J.ベンサムによって唱えられた集中型の監獄(刑務所)の形式。一望監視施設(装置)とも訳す。ギリシア語のpan(〈すべての〉の意)とoptikos(〈眼の,視覚の〉の意)に基づく合成語。…

※「一望監視施設」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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