Dictionary

cyclorama en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

cycloramic

Hypernyms

image · panorama

Synonyms

diorama

Translations (12)

pt ciclorama (panoramic image) · hu körkép (panoramic image) · ca ciclorama (theater backdrop) · es ciclorama (panoramic image) · ca ciclorama (panoramic image) · fr cyclorama (theater backdrop) · hu cikloráma (panoramic image) · es ciclorama (theater backdrop) · pl cyklorama (theater backdrop) · pt ciclorama (theater backdrop) · fr cyclorama (panoramic image) · pl cyklorama (panoramic image)