pantacosm

[Pref. pant a-, and Gr. kosmos = the world.] The same as COSMOLABE (q. v.). †păn-tăg-a-mỹ, s. [Pref. pant a- , and Gr.gamos =marriage.] A word used by Hepworth Dixon in the second volume of his New America as the heading to the chapter (lvii., ed. 8th) in which he describes the marriage relations of the Perfectionists (q. v.). pantascopic-camera, s. Photog.: A camera for producing photographs with an ordinary lens, embracing an angle of 270°, or under, with true panoramic perspective, upon a flat plate. It differs from an ordinary camera in being mounted to revolve in a horizontal plane round an imaginary axis drawn through the optical center of the lens, while the back is geared in such a way as to carry the plate along with the moving image, which is only allowed to act through a narrow vertical slit immediately in front of the sensitive surface. păn-tech-ně-the-ca, s. [Pref. pan-; Gr. technē =art, and thēkē = a repository. The same as PANTECHNICON (q. v.).