cyclorama
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
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 circular or semi-circular display.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461:
- Robert Loo sat, quite content, behind the counter, against a cyclorama of tins of milk and corned beef.
- A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.
Synonyms
- diorama (1)
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