panorama

[ pan-uh-ram-uh, -rah-muh ]
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noun
  1. an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.

  2. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. a continuously passing or changing scene or an unfolding of events: the panorama of Chinese history.

  3. a comprehensive survey, as of a subject.

Origin of panorama

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; pan- + Greek (h)órāma “view, sight,” derivative of horân “to see, look”

Other words for panorama

Other words from panorama

  • pan·o·ram·ic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for panorama

panorama

/ (ˌpænəˈrɑːmə) /


noun
  1. an extensive unbroken view, as of a landscape, in all directions

  2. a wide or comprehensive survey: a panorama of the week's events

  1. a large extended picture or series of pictures of a scene, unrolled before spectators a part at a time so as to appear continuous

  2. another name for cyclorama

Origin of panorama

1
C18: from pan- + Greek horāma view

Derived forms of panorama

  • panoramic (ˌpænəˈræmɪk), adjective
  • panoramically, adverb

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