panoramicadj.
/ˌpanəˈramɪk/, U.S. /ˌpænəˈræmɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a panorama.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [adjective] > view or scenery > general or extensive
bird's eye1754
panoramic1796
panoptic1845
panoramical1846
panopticala1878
panoram1902
wraparound1950
1796 G. Cumberland Thoughts on Outline 42 The first was calculated to prevent broken masses of shadow,..the other tended to give them, when impressed on wax, a panoramic effect, both advantageous to the engraver, and agreeable to the principles of optics.
?1804 (title) Panoramic picture of Boulogne, Great Room, Spring Gardens.
1815 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr. 361 I..expressed a wish, that my friends in London could be gratified with a panoramick view of it.
1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. ii. 35 An extensive panoramic view of the whole of the surrounding country.
1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. xi. 195 Like many minds of panoramic sweep, hers was apt to overlook the minutiae of the foreground.
1931 Movie Makers Feb. 105/2 (advt.) The Cine-Panor..converts the one inch lens into a veritable wide angle lens, creating true panoramic results.
1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xxxi. 456 It is, roughly speaking, a panoramic novel of London.
2002 Digital Photogr. made Easy 12 32/2 To shoot successful panoramic shots, you need a tripod. Those with ball-and-socket heads are no good—you need a pan and tilt head.
2. Commanding or allowing a view of the whole surrounding region or area.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [adjective]
prospective1584
specular1671
speculative1709
gazy1745
speculatory1781
scenic1784
sightly1828
panoramic1855
rear view1911
1855 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 592/2 As if his journey was only the Rhine and Chamouni, or the still more panoramic route of the Overland Mail.
1880 D. W. Freshfield in Academy 11 Dec. 418 The panoramic peak of Monte Incudine.
1954 Life 19 Apr. 47/1 (advt.) Long, low-slung bodies, smoothly rounded contours, thrilling expanses of wider-vision glass like the revolutionary new panoramic windshield!
1977 Time Out 28 Jan. (advt.) 65/1 Free holiday..offered industrious, educated girl..for help painting, decorating, revamping youthful mid-aged widower's panoramic bungalow.
2002 Grocer 9 Mar. 129 (advt.) Low front, stylish design. Panoramic glass walls. May be multiplexed.
Compounds
panoramic camera n. a camera that is able to take wide-angle, high-aspect-ratio photographs, spec. one that rotates in synchronism with the gradual exposure of the film or plate so as to extend its field of view.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > general types of
box camera1828
daguerreotype1839
view camera1851
pistolgraph1859
pinhole camera1861
panoramic camera1862
pantoscopic camera1865
pistolograph1866
pantoscope1879
detective camera1881
filmograph1881
photographometera1884
photochronograph1887
snap-shooter1890
stand camera1890
tele-objective camera1891
film camera1893
magazine camera1893
panoram1893
telephoto1894
mutograph1897
tele-camera1899
telephote1903
press camera1912
reflex1922
candid camera1929
minicam1935
single-lens reflex1936
plate camera1937
magic eye1938
subminiature1947
miniature1952
all-sky camera1955
microfilmer1959
stereo-camera1959
streak camera1962
gallery camera1964
SLR1964
TLR1965
spy-camera1968
pinhole1976
multi-mode1981
digicam1989
point-and-shoot1991
1862 J. R. Johnson & J. A. Harrison Brit. Patent 2459 (1863) 11 In our panoramic camera this [i.e. varying the exposure of sky and ground when taking landscapes] can be regulated with great nicety.
1922 Science 31 Mar. 343/1 Two panoramic cameras, of which one rotates through the complete circle.
1991 Photo Answers Feb. 70 (caption) The Letter Of The Month will also receive one of those wonderful Kodak Stretch 35 disposable panoramic camera jobs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1796