holograph

English

Etymology

From holo- + -graph.

Noun

holograph (plural holographs)

  1. (law, textual criticism) 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.
    • 1966, Electronic Design, volume 14, numbers 14-17, page 18:
      But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image []
    • 1972, Army Research and Development, volumes 13-14, page 10:
      Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams.
    • 1983, Ellen Nevins, Encyclopedia of Computers and Electronics, page 108:
      Of course, it is impossible to show what a holograph is really like in a two dimensional picture such as this.

Translations

Verb

holograph (third-person singular simple present holographs, present participle holographing, simple past and past participle holographed)

  1. To record by means of holography.
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