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panorama

noun
/ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/UK/ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/CA/ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

  1. derived from ὅραμα

Definitions

  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.

  3. A comprehensive survey.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for panorama. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA