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Webster 1913 Edition
Cyclorama
Cyˊclo-ra′ma
(s?ˊkl?-r?′m? or -r?′m?)
, Noun.
[
Cyclo-
+ Gr. ὅραμα
sight, spectacle.] 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.
Definition 2024
cyclorama
cyclorama
English
Noun
cyclorama (plural cycloramas)
- 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.
- A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.
Synonyms
- diorama (1)
Translations
a large curtain or wall in a theatre