Cinerama

See also: cinérama

English

Etymology

Blend of cinema +‎ panorama, a trademark of Cinerama, Inc.

Noun

Cinerama (uncountable)

1. A wide-screen movie filming and projection system, briefly in vogue during the 1950s, involving three synchronised standard-format films projected onto a wide, curved screen, providing a "wraparound" experience for cinemagoers.
2. A later system in which a single film was projected onto the curved screen, achieved by means of camera and/or projector lens adaptations.

Translations

a wide-screen movie filming and projection system.

• French: cinérama (fr) m

Anagrams

• American, Carêmian, amacrine, in camera, marcaine