panoramic

UK/ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/US/ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/

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Panoramic means taking in a wide sweep of view. A panoramic window.

The word comes from a kind of painted show, a whole room of landscape you stood inside. A panoramic photograph is stitched from several, since no single lens sees that far round.

Definitions of panoramic

1adjectivepanoramicTaking in a wide sweep of view.C1
“The panoramic view took in three counties on a clear day.”

panoramic is a quality.

Where it comes from

Ancient Greek
ὅραμα — view
English
panorama
English, today
panoramic

From panorama + -ic. panorama comes from pan Ancient Greek ὅραμα (“view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

panoramic in the wild

A panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography (panoramic photography), film, seismic images, or 3D modeling.
Panorama
The word was coined in the 18th century by the English (Irish descent) painter Robert Barker to describe his panoramic paintings of Edinburgh and London.
Panorama
Some panoramic images have aspect ratios of 4:1 and sometimes 10:1, covering fields of view of up to 360 degrees.
Panoramic photography
Both the aspect ratio and coverage of field are important factors in defining a true panoramic image.
Panoramic photography
The intended effect is to make viewers, surrounded by the panoramic image, feel as if they were standing in the midst of the place depicted in the image.
Cyclorama

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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