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Etymology
Greek ÎÎ»Î¿Ï (holos) "whole" + γÏαμμή (gramme) "letter, line," coined in 1964 by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography
Noun
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- A three dimensional image; unlike regular images which are usually two dimensional, a three dimensional image or hologram, appears to "pop out" of the media which it is printed on or illuminated from. Hologram images are usually created by using a single laser beam which is split and splashed onto the object and finally onto the film.
Related terms
holograph
holography
See also
holon, coined by Arthur Koestler in w:The Ghost in the Machine|The Ghost in the Machine (1967).
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