hologram

hologram

English

Alternative forms

• hologramme

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/

• Audio (UK)

  (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.

Derived terms

• ID hologram

Related terms

• holograph
• holography
• holon

Translations

three-dimensional image created by holography

Aragonese: holograma m Catalan: holograma (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 全息圖／全息图 (quánxītú) Czech: hologram m Dutch: hologram (nl) n Finnish: hologrammi (fi) French: hologramme (fr) m German: Hologramm (de) n Greek: ολόγραμμα (el) n (ológramma) Hungarian: hologram (hu) Irish: holagram m Portuguese: holograma m Romanian: hologramă (ro) f Spanish: holograma (es) m Swedish: hologram (sv) n Ukrainian: гологра́ма f (holohráma) Welsh: hologram m

Further reading

• holography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

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Danish

Noun

hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

1. hologram [1969]

Declension

Declension of hologram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hologram	hologrammet	hologrammer	hologrammerne
genitive	holograms	hologrammets	hologrammers	hologrammernes

References

• “hologram” in Den Danske Ordbog

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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/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧gram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

hologram n (plural hologrammen)

1. hologram, hologramme [from 1960]

Related terms

• holografie
• holografisch

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoloɡram]

Noun

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

1. hologram

Declension

Declension of hologram

	singular	plural
nominative	hologram	hologramy
genitive	hologramu	hologramov
dative	hologramu	hologramom
accusative	hologram	hologramy
locative	holograme	hologramoch
instrumental	hologramom	hologrammi

References

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

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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