cyclorama

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cyclorama

Rhymes with -ɑːmə

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

noun cycloramas

  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.

    Similar: diorama

  2. metonymically A building or room designed to show this image.
  3. A large, often concave, backdrop, hung upstage in a theater.

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noun panoramic image

Españolciclorama
Portuguêsciclorama
Françaiscyclorama

noun theater backdrop

Españolciclorama
Portuguêsciclorama
Françaiscyclorama

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@misc{cyclorama_2026,
  title = {cyclorama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyclorama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}