panoramic, a.
(pænɒˈræmɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a panorama.
panoramic camera, a photographic camera devised to rotate automatically so as to take a complete or extended landscape.
| 1813 Rees Cycl. s.v. Panorama, The cylindrical surface on which objects are to be painted is called the panoramic surface. 1815 J. Campbell Trav. S. Africa 361 (Jod.), I..expressed a wish, that my friends in London could be gratified with a panoramick view of it. 1838 Robins (title) Panoramic Representation of the Queen's Coronation Procession from the Palace to the Abbey. 1856 Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. ii. 35 An extensive panoramic view of the whole of the surrounding country. 1878 Abney Photogr. (1881) 214 In a panoramic camera the eye is supposed to travel round the view, the point of sight altering at each movement of the eye. |
b. Commanding a view of the whole landscape.
| 1880 D. W. Freshfield in Academy 11 Dec. 418 The panoramic peak of Monte Incudine. |
So panoˈramical a.; panoˈramically adv., after the manner of a panorama.
| 1840 Fraser's Mag. XXII. 671 Emblazoned panoramically upon the mind's perception. 1846 Worcester, Panoramic, Panoramical. 1889 Athenæum 28 Dec. 902/1 The subject..treated panoramically, is exceptionally difficult. |