Definition/Meaning of futurama

• English - Noun: futurama ( plural futuramas ) A palpable depiction of a (usually sensational ) vision of the future . 1940 , Edward Roberts Barnsley , Agricultural Societies of Bucks County , PA , page 1: Today we are apt to think of a fair as a mileless potpourri of trylons and flood-lighted futuramas , but in the yesterdays of our greatgrandfathers, a fair meant a cattle show . 1942 , Air Transportation…
• English - Etymology: A generalised application of Futurama , the name of an exhibit- cum -ride at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair that presented a possible model of the world twenty years thence (1959–60). The name of the exhibit derives from the English word future and the suffix -rama , meaning "a wide view of", which ultimately comes from the Ancient Greek word ὅρᾱμᾰ ( hórāma , “ a sight”, “a spectacle”, “a…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɑːmə/
• English - External links: Futurama (disambiguation) on Wikipedia . Wikipedia:Futurama (disambiguation)
• English - References: “futurama” in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006.