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holograph en · ADJ

Etymology

From holo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a document) Handwritten by the person whose signature it bears.
   • The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:

holograph en · NOUN

Etymology

From holo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.
2. A hologram.
   • But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image […] 1966, Electronic Design, volume 14, numbers 14-17, page 18:
   • Of course, it is impossible to show what a holograph is really like in a two dimensional picture such as this. 1983, Ellen Nevins, Encyclopedia of Computers and Electronics, page 108:
   • Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams. 1972, Army Research and Development, volumes 13-14, page 10:

Forms

Translations (9)

fr olographe (handwritten document) · scn alòggrafu (handwritten document) · it olografo (handwritten document) · de eigenhändiges Schriftstück (handwritten document) · fr holographe (handwritten document) · ca hològraf (handwritten document) · el ολόγραφος (handwritten document) · fi käsin kirjoitettu asiakirja (handwritten document) · bg саморъчно написан документ (handwritten document)

holograph en · VERB

Etymology

From holo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. To record by means of holography.

Forms