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Omnimax, n. Cinematogr.|ˈɒmnɪmæks|
[f. omni- + maximum n., after *Imax n.]
A proprietary name for a technique of wide-screen cinematography in which 70mm film is projected through a fish-eye lens on to a hemispherical screen. Freq. attrib.
1973Cinema Canada Aug./Sept. 36/1 There are also two films made in an associated medium which we've developed called ‘Omnimax’. It is a dome show in which the picture is projected on the inside of a dome theatre. 1974Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 June tm103/2 Omnimax... For motion pictures projectors, cameras, optical printers, film editing machines and motion picture screens. 1982Sports Illustr. 7 June 84/3 The 360-degree-projection Omnimax theater with its geodesic dome. 1989Calendar (Los Angeles) 27 Aug. 82/2 The Omnimax Theatre at Caesars Palace will reopen Friday. 1993Time (Internat. ed.) 18 Jan. 2/2 If the 250 interactive exhibits bring on exhaustion, they can sit back and watch breathtaking scenery on the world's largest Omnimax movie screen. |