Cinerama

American  

[sin-uh-ram-uh, -rah-muh] / ˌsɪn əˈræm ə, -ˈrɑ mə /

Movies, Trademark.

1. a wide-screen process using three adjacent, synchronized cameras for photographing and three corresponding projectors for showing the film.

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Cinerama British  

/ ˌsɪnəˈrɑːmə /

noun

1. wide-screen presentation of films using either three separate 35mm projectors or one 70mm projector to produce an image on a large deeply curved screen

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Example Sentences

Cinerama constructed dome-shaped cinemas in the US in the 1960s.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But the Cinerama Dome’s doors have remained closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

The theater at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street originally opened in 1963, and was originally intended to showcase three-strip Cinerama technology, an immersive widescreen format that involved three simultaneous projectors.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Unexpected treasure found back when Cinerama was part of SIFF’s annual festival; I particularly remember a gorgeous Korean adaptation of “Les Liaisons dangereuses,” called “Untold Scandal.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

It is a place that has outlasted more vaunted film houses such as the ArcLight Hollywood and its historic Cinerama Dome, which shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023