different between cycler vs cyclorama

English

Etymology 1

cycle +? -er

Noun

cycler (plural cyclers)

1. Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.

2. (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.

3. (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
   • Hyponyms: Aldrin cycler, Hollister cycler
4. (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.

5. (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.

6. (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.

7. (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(bi)cycle +? -er

Noun

cycler (plural cyclers)

1. (dated) cyclist

Further reading

• cycler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From cyclo- +? -rama (as in panorama).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

cyclorama (plural cycloramas)

1. 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.
2. A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.

Synonyms

• diorama (1)

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