hologram

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English

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Etymology

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From holo- +‎ -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, whole) + γραμμή (grammḗ, letter, line), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography.

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hologram (plural holograms)

  1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
    Synonym: holograph
    • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233:
      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.

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Czech

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Etymology

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From holo- +‎ -gram.

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hologram m inan

  1. hologram

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Further reading

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  • hologram”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • hologram in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

  1. hologram [1969]

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed, probably from English. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɦoː.loːˈɣrɑm/
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  • Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧gram
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

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hologram n (plural hologrammen)

  1. hologram, hologramme [from 1960]
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
hologram sense 1
hologram sense 2

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Internationalism; compare English hologram, French hologramme, German Hologramm, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) + γραμμή (grammḗ).

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hologram m inan (related adjective hologramowy)

  1. (photography) hologram (recording of an interference pattern that can reproduce a 3D light field using diffraction)
  2. security hologram (shiny metallic mark placed on a product, banknote, or document, allowing it to be recognized as original)

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Further reading

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  • hologram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hologram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • hologram in PWN's encyclopedia

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hologram m inan (genitive singular hologramu, nominative plural hologramy, genitive plural hologramov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. hologram

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hologram n

  1. hologram

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