cyclorama

noun — 3 senses

cyclorama

noun

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

1

Art, Arts 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.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461:
2

Art, Arts Metonymically A building or room designed to show this image.

3

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theater A large, often concave, backdrop, hung upstage in a theater.

Derived terms
cycloramic

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