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  1. planetarium
    an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
    She had a planetarium ceiling and crescent-shaped aquarium panels hoisted by forklift into her second-floor bathroom.
  2. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
    “I’ve grown up with all those aquariums all around, so maybe subliminally, I wanted to have something like that as well.”
  3. contaminate
    make impure
    In the world of fantasy fish tanks, it is not uncommon to pay $600 for a black tang or $5,000 for a pet shark, or to have service people on call 24/7 in case a fish gets sick or dies, which could contaminate the entire tank.
  4. Streisand
    United States singer and actress (born in 1942)
    Mr. Volpe was once a high-flier in Hollywood who bought artwork for celebrities like Barbra Streisand and Jack Nicholson, but in the late 1990s he pleaded guilty to defrauding them and served time in jail.
  5. prerequisite
    something that is needed or obligatory in advance
    A LARGE apartment is not a prerequisite for a breathtaking aquarium.
  6. floe
    a flat mass of ice drifting at sea
    When you hit white, it’s like the fish are swimming over an arctic ice floe.”
  7. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
    “The apotheosis of that was to take the fish themselves and have them be swimming in whatever color you want.”
  8. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
    “You can be all wound up, and you sit down in front of the tank and suddenly everything is totally relaxed — it’s so therapeutic.”
  9. elliptical
    rounded like an egg
    Outside the realm of custom design, one of the more eye-catching ready-made aquariums is the Spacearium, a flat, elliptical tank that is suspended from the ceiling.
  10. mahogany
    a reddish-brown wood commonly used to make furniture
    An important feature was a spiral staircase made of glass and mahogany, so that “wherever you stand in any of the rooms, you actually can see through the staircase and see the aquarium,” he said.
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