[ noun ] the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography <noun.artifact>
hologram \hol"o*gram\, n. A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three-dimensional view of the represented object. The three-dimensional effect is produced by exposing a photographic recording medium to an interference pattern generated by a coherent beam of light (as from a laser) reflected from the subject, interacting with a beam directly from the source. The full three-dimensional effect requires illumination of the image with coherent light, but less perfect three-dimensional visual effects may also be observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light. [PJC]
McDonald's Corp. used a hologram for a 1988 ad that appeared on the back cover of National Geographic, which also had a hologram on the front cover.
McDonald's Corp. used a hologram for a 1988 ad that appeared on the back cover of National Geographic, which also had a hologram on the front cover.
It's the third time, however, the magazine has included a hologram _ a three-dimensional photo _ on its cover.
Through the set, as a hologram, there emerges Chester W. Claypoole, vice president of NBC-General Electric, who announces that he is planning to pre-record the Crucifixion 'live from Golgotha'.
The three-dimensional image of the hologram is produced by printing the photo with microscopic ridges _ 20,000 per inch, on rolls of clear plastic.
The Postal Service, already testing a self-adhesive stamp, is about to try marketing a plastic stamp and a hologram.
She constantly experiments with new designs, her latest discovery being hologram paper pasted onto nails in iridescent geometric patterns.