holograph

English

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -graph.

Noun

holograph (plural holographs)

1. (law, 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.
   • 1966, Electronic Design, volume 14, numbers 14-17, page 18:

     But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image […]

   • 1972, Army Research and Development, volumes 13-14, page 10:

     Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams.

   • 1983, Ellen Nevins, Encyclopedia of Computers and Electronics, page 108:

     Of course, it is impossible to show what a holograph is really like in a two dimensional picture such as this.

Translations

handwritten document

• Bulgarian: саморъчно написан документ m (samorǎčno napisan dokument)
• Finnish: käsin kirjoitettu asiakirja
• French: holographe (fr)
• German: eigenhändiges Schriftstück n, eigenhändig verfasstes, handschriftliches Dokument n
• Greek: ολόγραφος (el) (ológrafos)

hologram — see hologram

Verb

holograph (third-person singular simple present holographs, present participle holographing, simple past and past participle holographed)

1. To record by means of holography.