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CYCLORAMA
panorama, cyclorama, diorama
(noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cyclorama (plural cycloramas)
A display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle; a circular or semi-circular display.
A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.
Synonyms
• diorama (1)
Source: Wiktionary
Cy`clo*ra"ma (s`kl-r"m or -r"m), n. Etym: [Cyclo- + Gr.
Definition: A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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