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holograph

holograph noun: 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.

Noun

holograph (plural holographs)

  1. 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.
    • But when a holograph is placed backwards in its holder and illuminated with laser light, it can produce a real image […]1966, Electronic Design, volume 14, numbers 14-17, page 18
    • Producing a holograph involves illumination of an object through the use of intersecting laser beams.1972, Army Research and Development, volumes 13-14, page 10

Verb

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

  1. To record by means of holography.

Adjective

holograph (not comparable)

  1. Handwritten by the person whose signature it bears.
    • The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it;1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

holograph meaning in Tamil and Kannada

holograph in Tamil

உரியவரே எழுதிய முறி

holograph in Kannada

ತನ್ಕಯ್ಬರಹ

Forms of holograph

Noun
pluralholographs
Verb
third-person singular presentholographs
present participleholographing
past participleholographed
pastholographed

Origin of holograph

From holo- + -graph.

Questions about holograph

What does holograph mean?
Holograph means 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.
What is holograph in Tamil?
Holograph in Tamil is உரியவரே எழுதிய முறி. See Holograph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is holograph?
Holograph can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
What is the plural of holograph?
The plural of holograph is holographs.

Words near holograph in the dictionary

  1. hologrammatically
  2. hologramme
  3. hologrammes
  4. hologrammic
  5. holograms
  6. holograph
  7. holographed
  8. holographer
  9. holographers
  10. holographic
  11. holographic principle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: holograph (page history and authors); holograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holograph (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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