an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
2.
an extended pictorial representation or a cyclorama of a landscape or other scene, often exhibited a part at a time and made to pass continuously before the spectators.
3.
a building for exhibiting such a pictorial representation.
4.
a continuously passing or changing scene or an unfolding of events:
the panorama of Chinese history.
5.
a comprehensive survey, as of a subject.
Origin
1790-1800;pan- + Greek (h)órāma view, sight, derivative of horân to see, look
Related forms
panoramic, adjective
panoramicaly, adverb
Synonyms
1. scene, vista, prospect.
Examples from the web for panorama
The panorama comprises a series of photographs taken over a short period of time.
At the same time, in the suburb that he lived in every house had huge windows providing a panorama of the living room.
The rover sent home a beguiling but frustrating panorama showing a line of low hills to the southeast.
The resulting panorama is early senescence with all of the common underlying irreversible medical conditions.
The creche figures represent all walks of life and are sprinkled throughout the panorama.
Go here to see the full panorama of yesteryear's bathing beauties.
To be an animal was to belong to a major group in the panorama of life.
Another pleasant aspect is a casual, picturesque panorama of that land's countryside.
Other ethnic traditions are also finding their place in the panorama of contemporary music.
All of these are behind and to the right of one looking at this panorama.
British Dictionary definitions for panorama
panorama
/ˌpænəˈrɑːmə/
noun
1.
an extensive unbroken view, as of a landscape, in all directions
2.
a wide or comprehensive survey: a panorama of the week's events
3.
a large extended picture or series of pictures of a scene, unrolled before spectators a part at a time so as to appear continuous
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" (see warrant (n.)). Meaning "comprehensive survey" is 1801.