hologram

• hologramme

From holo- +‎ -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + γρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă, “that which is written/drawn”), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm/, (/æ/ raising) [ˈhɑləˌɡɹɛəm]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔləɡɹæm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒləɡɹɛm/, [ˈhɔ̟ləɡɹɛm]

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.

• holograph
• holography
• holon
• light field

• holography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From holo- +‎ -gram.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoloɡram]

hologram m inan

1. hologram

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “hologram”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “hologram”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

1. hologram [1969]

• “hologram” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦoː.loːˈɣrɑm/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧gram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

hologram n (plural hologrammen, no diminutive)

1. hologram, hologramme [from 1960]

• holografie
• holografisch

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

• IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɔ.ɡram/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Syllabification: ho‧lo‧gram

hologram m inan (related adjective hologramowy)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔlɔɡram/, [ˈɦɔlɔɡram]
• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Hyphenation: ho‧log‧ram

hologram m inan

1. hologram

• “hologram”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) + γραμμή (grammḗ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /hɔlɔˈɡram/

hologram n

1. hologram