hologram

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

hologram (plural holograms)

  1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

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Czech

Etymology

holo- + -gram

Noun

hologram m

  1. hologram

Further reading

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

Danish

Noun

hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

  1. hologram [1969]

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