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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- 1949, coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes), 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography; from Gk. holos "whole" (in sense of three-dimensional; see safe (adj.)) + -gram.
- holography (n.)
- early 19c., of writing, from holograph + -y (1); physics sense, "process of using holograms," is from 1964, from hologram on analogy of telegraphy/telegram.
WIKIPEDIA
Holography
(from the Greek
ὅλος hólos, "whole" + γραφή grafē,
"writing,
drawing") is
a technique which enables three-dimensional images to be made. It
involves the use of a laser,
interference,
diffraction,
light intensity
recording and suitable illumination of the recording.
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