hologram

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 See also 1.2.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Greek Όλος (holos) "whole" + γραμμή (gramme) "letter, line," coined in 1964 by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography

[edit] Noun

hologram (plural holograms)

1. A three dimensional image; unlike regular images which are usually two dimensional, a three dimensional image or hologram, appears to "pop out" of the media which it is printed on or illuminated from. Hologram images are usually created by using a single laser beam which is split and splashed onto the object and finally onto the film.

[edit] Related terms

• holograph
• holography

[edit] See also

• holon, coined by Arthur Koestler in The Ghost in the Machine (1967).

[edit] Translations

• German: Hologramm de(de) n.