cyclorama

English

Etymology

From cyclo- +‎ -rama (as in panorama).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Noun

cyclorama (plural cycloramas)

  1. (art) A panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.
    Synonym: diorama
    Hypernyms: panorama < image
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461:
      Robert Loo sat, quite content, behind the counter, against a cyclorama of tins of milk and corned beef.
  2. (art, metonymic) A building or room designed to show this image.
  3. (theater) A large, often concave, backdrop, hung upstage in a theater.

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