panorama

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  1. noun An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
  2. noun A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
  3. noun 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.
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  • The Hubble portion of the panorama is 10 times as sharp as Spitzer's map, and covers a 300 - by 115-light-year area around the centre of the Milky Way. —  New Scientist - Space
  • This sweeping panorama is the sharpest infrared picture ever made of the Galactic core. —  innovations-report
  • It also offers three fun shooting modes (continuous, panorama, and mosaic), as well as a smile-shot mode that will take another picture if the subject is frowning. —  Hottest News Articles
  • "I am recommending for the speculations to be set aside until the panorama is cleared up," he added. —  Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines
  • Just like the inauguration panorama, the Mars panorama was stitched together by software from smaller images. —  TierneyLab
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vista ·  expanse ·  scenery ·  pageant ·  spectacle ·  loveliness ·  edifice ·  apparition ·  backdrop ·  surrounding ·  glimpse ·  solitudes

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panorama:   panoramas
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. pan- + Greek horāma, sight (from horān, to see; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = F. Spanish Portuguese Italian panorama, from New Latin panorama, from Greek πᾱς (παν-), all, + ο + ραμα, a view; from ὁρᾶν, see.
 

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/pænəˈrɑmə/
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