Hologram

Alternative forms

• hologramme

Origin

- + gram + -, from Ancient Greek ὅλος (holos, "whole") + γραμμή (gramme, "letter, line"), coined in 1964 by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography.

Full definition of hologram

Noun

1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

Related terms

• holograph
• holography