panorama

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, which is wider than a typical photograph, often representing many degrees of viewing angle in one picture

   The museum had a wonderful, 20 meter wide panorama painting of ancient rome.

2. 2
   noun

   An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.

   He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

3. 3
   noun

   the visual percept of a region

4. 4
   noun

   A comprehensive survey.

Etymology

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.