panorama
an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
a horizontally extended visual representation providing a wide view of a landscape or other scene, in photography made by joining a series of shots or by using a wide-angle lens, and in film by pivoting the camera horizontally from a fixed place.
Older Use
an extended pictorial representation or a cyclorama of a landscape or other scene, often exhibited one part at a time and made to pass continuously before the spectators.
a building for exhibiting such a pictorial representation.
a continuously passing or changing scene or an unfolding of events: the panorama of Chinese history.
a comprehensive survey, as of a subject.
Origin of panorama
1Other words for panorama
Other words from panorama
- pan·o·ram·ic, adjective
Words Nearby panorama
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How to use panorama in a sentence
Then it’s on to Paradise Hill, with panoramas of Hulls Cove and Frenchman Bay, and back the visitor center.
The Ultimate Acadia National Park Travel Guide | Virginia M. Wright | February 8, 2021 | Outside OnlineFor the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” project, the main panorama required more than 9,000 3D image files to create.
Check out this 10-billion-pixel, 3D panorama of an iconic painting | Stan Horaczek | January 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt is we conscious matter, the rarest of all forms of matter, that can take stock and record and announce this cosmic panorama of existence before us.
Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare? - Issue 95: Escape | Alan Lightman | January 20, 2021 | NautilusSeveral winter recreation areas flank the route, providing easy access to miles of skiing and snowshoeing trails in the Deschutes National Forest — as well as dazzling panoramas of surrounding peaks and volcanic landscapes.
Local cross-country skiing can smooth a bumpy winter’s ups and downs | Erin E. Williams | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostWith the help of a homemade dual-camera rig attached to a pulley system, Pearce shoots dozens of photos over several weeks at each site and combines them into massive gigapixel panoramas.
The woman left the motel and went to a panorama City 7-Eleven, where she called the police.
More Bad News for Uber: Driver Arrested in Los Angeles Rape Case | Olivia Nuzzi | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey reportedly ended up in the panorama Motel in Van Nuys, where Dencer carried the woman into a room and slept with her.
More Bad News for Uber: Driver Arrested in Los Angeles Rape Case | Olivia Nuzzi | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 38-year-old was born Osama Lutfi in panorama City, Calif., in the San Fernando Valley, and grew up in nearby Woodland Hills.
Was ‘Manager’ Sam Lutfi Britney Spears’s Savior, or Her Svengali? | Maria Elena Fernandez | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGlitter strongly denies the allegations made in the BBC panorama documentary.
The BBC embargoed previews of the panorama documentary until transmission.
The far-flung panorama behind the walls had a curiously peaceful aspect.
The Red Year | Louis TracyWooded hills sloped up from the station, while westward was a vast panorama of hill and dale.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingThe head claquer at the theatre of the panorama-Dramatique, and then at the Gymnase, about 1822.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheIt was a magnificent panorama and on so tremendous a scale that all the works of man seemed as nothing in comparison.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnA hemlock had fallen athwart it, and they sat down where they could look out upon a majestic panorama of towering rock and snow.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for panorama
/ (ˌpænəˈrɑːmə) /
an extensive unbroken view, as of a landscape, in all directions
a wide or comprehensive survey: a panorama of the week's events
a large extended picture or series of pictures of a scene, unrolled before spectators a part at a time so as to appear continuous
another name for cyclorama
Origin of panorama
1Derived forms of panorama
- panoramic (ˌpænəˈræmɪk), adjective
- panoramically, adverb
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