Etymology

hologram

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Today it means: A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅλος“whole”
  2. English todayhologram

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.

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