Dictionary

hologram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• [ˈhɔ̟ləɡɹɛm] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈhɔləɡɹæm/ (Australia)
• /ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm/ (General-American)
• /ˈhɒləɡɹɛm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈhɑləˌɡɹɛəm] (General-American) /æ/ raising

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

hologramlike · hologramize · ID hologram · hologrammic

Relateds

holon · holography · light field · holograph

Synonyms

holograph

Translations (29)

es holograma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · vi ảnh nổi ba chiều (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ru гологра́мма (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ga holagram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · cs hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · sv hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · scn alugramma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · hu hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · pt holograma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · scn ulugramma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · sw hologramu (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ko 홀로그램 (three-dimensional image created by holography) · nl hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · tr hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · el ολόγραμμα (three-dimensional image created by holography) · an holograma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ca holograma (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ro hologramă (three-dimensional image created by holography) · hi होलोग्राम (three-dimensional image created by holography) · pl hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · ja ホログラム (three-dimensional image created by holography) · id hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · fa هولوگرام (three-dimensional image created by holography) · fr hologramme (three-dimensional image created by holography) · cy hologram (three-dimensional image created by holography) · uk гологра́ма (three-dimensional image created by holography) · de Hologramm (three-dimensional image created by holography) · fi hologrammi (three-dimensional image created by holography) · cmn 全息圖 /全息图 (three-dimensional image created by holography)