Meanings
plural holograms · alternative hologramme
- A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
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.
1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233Synonyms: holograph
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὅλος“whole”
- Englishhologram
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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Catalan holograma
- hologramathree-dimensional image created by holography
Chinese Mandarin 全息圖 /全息图
- 全息圖 /全息图 (quánxītú)three-dimensional image created by holography
Czech hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Dutch hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Finnish hologrammi
- hologrammithree-dimensional image created by holography
French hologramme
- hologrammethree-dimensional image created by holography
German Hologramm
- Hologrammthree-dimensional image created by holography
Greek ολόγραμμα
- ολόγραμμα (ológramma)three-dimensional image created by holography
Hindi होलोग्राम
- होलोग्राम (hologrām)three-dimensional image created by holography
Hungarian hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Indonesian hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Irish holagram
- holagramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Japanese ホログラム
- ホログラム (horoguramu)three-dimensional image created by holography
Korean 홀로그램
- 홀로그램 (hollogeuraem)three-dimensional image created by holography
Persian هولوگرام
- هولوگرام (hologerâm)three-dimensional image created by holography
Polish hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Portuguese holograma
- hologramathree-dimensional image created by holography
Romanian hologramă
- hologramăthree-dimensional image created by holography
Russian гологра́мма
- гологра́мма (golográmma)three-dimensional image created by holography
Spanish holograma
- hologramathree-dimensional image created by holography
Swahili hologramu
- hologramuthree-dimensional image created by holography
Swedish hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Turkish hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Ukrainian гологра́ма
- гологра́ма (holohráma)three-dimensional image created by holography
Vietnamese ảnh nổi ba chiều
- ảnh nổi ba chiềuthree-dimensional image created by holography
Welsh hologram
- hologramthree-dimensional image created by holography
Cite this entry
hologram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hologram
“hologram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hologram. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hologram,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hologram.
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