hologram

English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/
  • (file)

Noun

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

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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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hologram n (plural hologrammen)

  1. hologram, hologramme [from 1960]

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦoloɡram]

Noun

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

  1. hologram

Declension

References

  • hologram in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Noun

hologram n

  1. hologram

Declension

Declension of hologram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hologram hologrammet hologram hologrammen
Genitive holograms hologrammets holograms hologrammens
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