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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cy·clo·ra·ma ETYMOLOGY cycl- + -orama (as in panorama) DATE 1840 1. a large pictorial representation encircling the spectator and often having real objects as a foreground 2. a curved curtain or wall used as a background of a stage set to suggest unlimited space English Etymology cyclorama "picture of a landscape on the interior surface of a cylindrical space," 1840, formed in Mod.L. from cyclo- (from Gk. kyklos"circle") + -orama "spectacle." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged cy·clo·ra·ma \ˌsīkləˈramə, -ämə, -ȧmə\ noun (-s) Etymology: cycl- + -orama (as in panorama) 1. : a large pictorial representation encircling the spectator and often having real objects as a foreground 2. : a curved cloth or wall forming the back of many modern stage settings and used to eliminate shadows and to suggest unlimited space (as of the sky) 3. : something felt to resemble a cyclorama < his last novel a cyclorama of bawdiness and confusion > < with the cyclorama of the mountains rising into view as they paddled slowly up the lake > • cy·clo·ram·ic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ramik\ adjective |
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