Definition of cyclorama Cyclorama

cy•clo•ram•a

We found 6 definitions of cyclorama from 5 different sources.

What does cyclorama mean?

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Noun
cyclorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
		panorama, diorama
		ikon, icon, image, picture a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church

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cyclorama (Noun)
A display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle.
cyclorama (Noun)
A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cyclorama (n.)
A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

cyclorama
sī-klo-rä′ma, n. a circular panorama painted on the inside of a cylindrical surface appearing in natural perspective. [Formed from Gr. kyklos, circle, horama, view.]

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cyclorama, noun, singular of cycloramas.

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