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hol⋅o⋅graph

1[hol-uh-graf, -grahf, hoh-luh-]
–adjective
1. Also, hol⋅o⋅graph⋅ic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] , hol⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
–noun
2. a holograph writing, as a deed, will, or letter.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL holographus < LGk hológraphos. See holo-, -graph

hol⋅o⋅graph

2[hol-uh-graf, -grahf, hoh-luh-]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make by the use of holography.
–noun
2. an image produced by holography.
3. Optics. hologram.

Origin:
1965–70; back formation from holography


ho⋅log⋅ra⋅pher [huh-log-ruh-fer] , noun
hol⋅o⋅graph⋅ic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] , adjective
hol⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

hol⋅o⋅gram

[hol-uh-gram, hoh-luh-]
–noun Optics.
a negative produced by exposing a high-resolution photographic plate, without camera or lens, near a subject illuminated by monochromatic, coherent radiation, as from a laser: when it is placed in a beam of coherent light a true three-dimensional image of the subject is formed.
Also called holograph.


Origin:
1945–50; holo- + -gram 1
hol·o·gram   (hŏl'ə-grām', hō'lə-)   
n.  
  1. The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.
  2. The photosensitive medium so exposed and so developed. Also called holograph.
hol·o·graph   (hŏl'ə-grāf', hō'lə-)   
n.  
  1. A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears.
  2. See hologram.
adj.  Variant of holographic.

[From Late Latin holographus, entirely written by the signer, from Greek holographos : holo-, holo- + -graphos, -graph.]
hol·o·graph·ic   (hŏl'ə-grāf'ĭk, hō'lə-)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to holography or holograms.
  2. also hol·o·graph (hŏl'ə-grāf, hō'lə-) Of or being a document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears: a holographic will.
ho'lo·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

Holograph

Hol"o*graph\, n. [L. holographus entirely autograph, Gr. "olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe, olographe.] A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

holograph 
"document written entirely by the person from whom it proceeds," 1623 from L.L. holographus, from Gk. holographos "written entirely by the same hand," lit. "written in full," from holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)) + graphos "written," from graphein "to write."

Main Entry: ho·lo·graph
Pronunciation: 'hO-l&-"graf, 'hä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin holographus, from Late Greek holographos, from Greek holos whole, complete + graphein to write
: a document (as a will or a deed) entirely in the handwriting of the person whose act it purports to be —ho·lo·graph·ic /"hO-l&-'gra-fik, "hä-/ adjective
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