hologram
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhɒləɡɹæm//
- United States//ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm//
- United States/[ˈhɑləˌɡɹɛəm]/
- Australia//ˈhɔləɡɹæm//
A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
noun
- 1
A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
He turned his head and stared out to sea, longing for the hologram logo of Fuji Electric, for the drone of a helicopter, anything at all.
Etymology
From holo- + -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă, “that which is written or drawn”), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the Nobel prize winner in physics in 1971 for his work in holography.
Forms
- plural
- holograms
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