2. A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a
central point.
3. 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.
{ Pan`o*ram"ic (?), Pan`o*ram"ic*al (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, or
like, a panorama.
Panoramic camera. See under Camera.
Pa*nor"pi*an (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.
-- n. Same as Panorpid.
Pa*nor"pid (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus
Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvÊ feed on plant lice.
Pan*phar"ma*con (?), n. [NL. See Pan- , and Pharmacon.] A medicine for
all diseases; a panacea. [R.]
Pan`pres`by*te"ri*an (?), a. [Pan- + Presbyterian.] Belonging to, or
representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of
the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.
{ Pan`sclav"ic (?), Pan`sclav"ism (?), Pan`sclav"ist, Pan`scla*vo"ni*an
(?) }. See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.
Pan"shon (?), n. An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom,
-- used for holding milk and for various other purposes. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Pan"sied (?), a. [From Pansy.] Covered or adorned with pansies. "The
pansied grounds." Darwin.
Pan`slav"ic (?), a. [Pan- + Slavic.] Pertaining to all the Slavic
races.
Pan`slav"ism (?), n. A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races
into one confederacy.
Pan`slav"ist (?), n. One who favors Panslavism.
Pan`sla*vo"ni*an (?), a. See Panslavic.
Pan*soph"ic*al (?), a. [See Pansophy.] All-wise; claiming universal
knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders. [R.] John Worthington.
Pan"so*phy (?), n. [Pan- + Gr. &?; wisdom, &?; wise: cf. F. pansophie.]
Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by
Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] Hartlib.
{ Pan*sper"ma*tist (?), Pan"sper`mist (?), } n. (Biol.) A believer in
panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a
biogenist.
Pan`sper"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the
panspermic hypothesis.
Pan"sper`my (?), n. [Pan- + Gr. &?; a seed.] (Biol.) (a) The doctrine
of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable
circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. (b) The doctrine
that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the
opposite of spontaneous generation.
Pan*ste`re*o*ra"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, all + &?; solid +
&?; a view.] A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood,
cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.
Pan"sy (?), n.; pl. Pansies (#). [F. PensÈe thought, pansy, fr. penser
to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive.] (Bot.) A plant of
the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and
yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great
diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and
many other quaint names.
Pant (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] [Cf. F.
panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F.
pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig.
meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored
manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire
with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
Dryden.