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hologram

ho·log·ram

UK/ˈhɒləɡɹæm/ US/ˈhɑləˌɡɹæm/ fairly common

noun

1.

the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

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Origin

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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