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pan·o·ram·a
(păn′ə-răm′ə, -rä′mə)n.
1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
2. A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
3. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
4. A mental vision of a series of events.
[Coined by British painter Robert Barker (1739-1806) to describe his cycloramic painting of Edinburgh, displayed in London in a specially built hall called the Panorama : pan- + Greek horāma, sight (from horān, to see; see wer- in Indo-European roots).]
pan′o·ram′ic (-răm′ĭk) adj.
pan′o·ram′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | panoramic - as from an altitude or distance; "a bird's-eye survey"; "a panoramic view" |
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panoramic
adjective
1. wide, overall, extensive, scenic, bird's-eye I had a panoramic view of the city.
2. comprehensive, general, extensive, sweeping, inclusive, far-reaching, all-embracing the panoramic sweep of his work
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Translations
بانورامي، ذو مَنظَر شامِل
panoramatický
panorámaszerű
víîur, víî-, sem er meî gott útsÿni
panoramatický
manzaralıpanoramik
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panoramic
adj → Panorama-; panoramic shot (Phot) → Panoramaaufnahme f; panoramic sight (Mil) → Rundblickzielfernrohr nt; panoramic window → Panoramafenster nt
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panoramic
[ˌpænəˈræmɪk] adj → panoramico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
panorama
(pӕnəˈraːmə) noun a wide view, of a landscape etc. There is a wonderful panorama from that hill.
ˌpanoˈramic (-ˈrӕ-) adjective of or like a panorama. a panoramic view.
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panoramic
adj (rad) panorámicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.