Meanings
nounholocam (plural holocams)
plural holocams
- literatureA device capable of capturing three-dimensional images in the form of a hologram.
He kept up his cheerful demeanor. It wouldn't do for any of the holocams to see him looking irritable, for any recordings of such a response would appear on the news broadcasts.
2009 April 12, Aaron Allston, Outcast, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 27
Origin
From holo- + cam (“a camera”).
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APA
holocam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holocam
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“holocam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holocam. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holocam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holocam.
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