panorama
pronunciation
How to pronounce panorama in British English:
UK [ˌpænəˈrɑːmə]
How to pronounce panorama in American English:
US [ˌpænəˈræmə]
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- Noun:
- the visual percept of a region
- a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
Word Origin
- panorama
- panorama: [18] The word panorama was coined in the late 1780s by an Irish artist called Robert Barker for a method he had invented for painting a scene on the inside of a cylinder in such a way that its perspective would seem correct to someone viewing it from inside the cylinder. He put his invention into practice in 1793 when he opened his ‘Panorama’, a large building in Leicester Square, London where the public could come and gaze at such all-encompassing scenes. By the early years of the 19th century the word (formed from the prefix pan- ‘all’ and Greek hórāma ‘view’, a derivative of horān ‘see’) had acquired all its modern extended meanings.
- panorama (n.)
- 1796, "a painting on a revolving cylindrical surface," coined c. 1789 by inventor, Irish artist Robert Barker, literally "a complete view," from pan- "all" + Greek horama "sight, spectacle, that which is seen," from horan "to look, see," possibly from PIE root *wer- (4) "to perceive" (see ward (n.)). Meaning "comprehensive survey" is 1801.
Example
- 1. You can also embed the panorama in your own website .
- 2. For capturing larger scenes , the camera introduces a single-motion panorama mode .
- 3. Panorama works on the iphone 4s and 5 , as well as the newest ipod touch .
- 4. Sony 's unveiled two new cyber-shot models that feature a 3d panorama mode .
- 5. Another survey in panorama , a magazine , suggested that the centre-left would hold on to all but one region .