panorama

[ pan-uh-ram-uh, -rah-muh ]

noun

1. an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.

   Synonyms: prospect, vista, scene

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.
3. Older Use
   1. 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.
   2. a building for exhibiting such a pictorial representation.
4. a continuously passing or changing scene or an unfolding of events:

   the panorama of Chinese history.

5. a comprehensive survey, as of a subject.

panorama

/ ˌpænəˈræmɪk; 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

3. a large extended picture or series of pictures of a scene, unrolled before spectators a part at a time so as to appear continuous
4. another name for cyclorama

Derived Forms

• panoramic, adjective
• ˌpanoˈramically, adverb

Other Words From

• pan·o·ram·ic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of panorama¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of panorama¹

C18: from pan- + Greek horāma view

Example Sentences

Then it’s on to Paradise Hill, with panoramas of Hulls Cove and Frenchman Bay, and back the visitor center.

From Outside Online

For the “Girl With a Pearl Earring” project, the main panorama required more than 9,000 3D image files to create.

From Popular-Science

It 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.

From Nautilus

Several 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.

From Washington Post

With 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.

From Popular-Science

The woman left the motel and went to a Panorama City 7-Eleven, where she called the police.

From The Daily Beast

They reportedly ended up in the Panorama Motel in Van Nuys, where Dencer carried the woman into a room and slept with her.

From The Daily Beast

The 38-year-old was born Osama Lutfi in Panorama City, Calif., in the San Fernando Valley, and grew up in nearby Woodland Hills.

From The Daily Beast

Glitter strongly denies the allegations made in the BBC Panorama documentary.

From The Daily Beast

The BBC embargoed previews of the Panorama documentary until transmission.

From The Daily Beast

The far-flung panorama behind the walls had a curiously peaceful aspect.

From Project Gutenberg

Wooded hills sloped up from the station, while westward was a vast panorama of hill and dale.

From Project Gutenberg

The head claquer at the theatre of the Panorama-Dramatique, and then at the Gymnase, about 1822.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a magnificent panorama and on so tremendous a scale that all the works of man seemed as nothing in comparison.

From Project Gutenberg

A hemlock had fallen athwart it, and they sat down where they could look out upon a majestic panorama of towering rock and snow.

From Project Gutenberg