*pano*

n. [ LL. campana bell + -logy. ] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. em- + panoply. ] Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a rising, return; 'epi` + &unr_; a way up, rising; &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Epanodos. ] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` + &unr_; to set right again; &unr_; again + &unr_; to set straight. ] A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act! [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rich beef stock with tomatoes and madeira and minced carrots and onions and celery.
Syn. -- sauce espanole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] (Zool.) Same as Pompano. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pan- + Gr. &unr_; an egg. ] (Zool.) Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. panomphaeus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We want no half gods, panomphean Joves. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dressed in panoply. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. panopli`a; pa^s, pa^n, all + "o`plon tool, implement, in pl., armor, arms.] 1. Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor. Milton. [1913 Webster]

We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God. Ray. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence: Any full set of elaborate attire, complete with accessories or accompanying paraphernalia; any elaborate special or ceremonial attire and equipment. [PJC]

3. Hence: Any impressive complete array; as, the full panoply of a presidential funeral. [PJC]

4. Hence: [Fig.:] Any complete array of devices used in an endeavor; as, to deploy the full panoply of writer's techniques. [PJC]

adj. Including everying visible in one view; as, a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base; a panoptic stain used in microscopy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. See Pan-, and Optic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A room for the exhibition of novelties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + &unr_; that which is seen, a view, fr. &unr_; to see. See Pan-, and Wary. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A complete view in every direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A comprehensive survey of a particular topic; also, a broad view of the development of a series of events. [ PJC ]

3. A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Panoramic camera. See under Camera. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Presented with a broad perspective; as, a panoramic view of European history. [ PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa. -- n. Same as Panorpid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. pámpano. ] [ Written also pampano. ] (Zool.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [ Florida ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Timpani [ It. ] (Mus.) See Tympano. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Tympani [ It. timpano. See Tympanum. ] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [ Written also timpano. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian. [ 1913 Webster ]