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Panorama
//ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə// noun
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Noun
- 1 An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
"He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood."
- 2 a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene wordnet
- 3 A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
- 4 the visual percept of a region wordnet
- 5 A comprehensive survey. figuratively
Etymology
From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.
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