Cinerama

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proper noun

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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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.

Origin

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

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Translations

Catalan cinerama
  • cineramaa wide-screen movie filming and projection system.
French cinérama
  • cinéramaa wide-screen movie filming and projection system.
Romanian cinerama
  • cineramaa wide-screen movie filming and projection system.
Spanish cinerama
  • cineramaa wide-screen movie filming and projection system.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Cinerama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cinerama

MLA

“Cinerama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cinerama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cinerama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cinerama.

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