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holograph

noun, verb, adj — 4 senses

holograph

noun

Etymology From holo- + -graph.

1

Human sciences, Law, Linguistics, Sciences, Textual criticism A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.

2

A hologram.

  • But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image […]1966, Electronic Design, volume 14, numbers 14-17, page 18:
  • Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams.1972, Army Research and Development, volumes 13-14, page 10:
1 more example
  • Of course, it is impossible to show what a holograph is really like in a two dimensional picture such as this.1983, Ellen Nevins, Encyclopedia of Computers and Electronics, page 108:

holograph

verb

Etymology From holo- + -graph.

1

To record by means of holography.

holograph

adj

Etymology From holo- + -graph.

1

Of a document Handwritten by the person whose signature it bears.

  • The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it;1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:

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