hologram

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English

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Etymology

From 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

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.

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Czech

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -gram.

Noun

hologram m inan

  1. hologram

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “hologram”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • hologram in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Noun

hologram n (singular definite hologrammet, plural indefinite hologrammer)

  1. hologram

Declension

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

References

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
hologram sense 1
hologram sense 2

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English hologram, French hologramme, German Hologramm, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) + γραμμή (grammḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

hologram m inan (related adjective hologramowy)

  2. (photography) hologram (recording of an interference pattern that can reproduce a 3D light field using diffraction)
  4. security hologram (shiny metallic mark placed on a product, banknote, or document, allowing it to be recognized as original)

Declension

Declension of hologram
singular plural
nominative hologram hologramy
genitive hologramu hologramów
dative hologramowi hologramom
accusative hologram hologramy
instrumental hologramem hologramami
locative hologramie hologramach
vocative hologramie hologramy

Further reading

  • hologram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hologram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • hologram in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

hologram m inan (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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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
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