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Examples of holography in a Sentence
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In digital holography, this hologram, which is a 2D picture, is recorded in the digital camera.
—Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
This event showcases two Black pioneers in holography, 3-D glasses inventor Kenneth J. Dunkley and illusion transmitter inventor Valerie Thomas.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
Celestial holography explores the idea that our perception of reality is projected inward from some sort of wrapper around the universe.
—Swapna Krishna, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
It’s based in part on what’s known as incoherent holography.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Oct. 2023
But the technology used in movie theaters and TV sets, known as polarization stereoscopy, is different from holography.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2010
The foundation of the work was one of the hotter trends in modern physics, holography.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
Generally, holography is incredibly complex.
—Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2020
This idea works very well with holography, and the fact that the entropy of the black hole is proportional to the area of the horizon rather than the volume of what's inside.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2011
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Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
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“Holography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holography. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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holography
noun
ho·log·ra·phy
hō-ˈläg-rə-fē
plural holographies
: the art or process of making or using a hologram
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