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Definitions by URBANatural Design (.com)

Panacentric 

A panoramic photo or composition rendered in a concentric, or circular fashion.
For Example:

The iPhone app called 360Panorama will take a series of photos and seamlessly blend them together. Their "stereographic" style of viewing could be considered PANACENTRIC, basically a full radial view of a photo or artwork, that renders 360 degrees, or a complete PANACENTRIC piece. (A panarative would then be a panoramic photo with a narrative) See PANARATIVE

Panarative 

A panaramic photo or artwork that presents a story or narrative, as the viewer scans from left to right. The narrative could be graphic, typographic, photographic, or a combination of the three.
A panarative piece could be seen in a gallery, a commercial building, or maybe through the long hallway of a personal home. Could be printed, painted, drawn, etched, mosaic, ETC. It could spiral up or down depending on the installation space, and will provide some sort of story or sequence.