holographic, a.
(hɒləʊˈgræfɪk)
[f. holograph or (sense 2) holography + -ic.]
1. Of a deed, letter, or document: = holograph a.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Holographum, The Romans did not approve of holographic testaments. 1895 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 1 July 1 Heirs under the holographic will. |
2. Physics. Of or pertaining to holography; produced by, involving, or used in holography.
| 1964 Physics Lett. XIII. 306 High resolutions did not heretofore appear attainable in comparable image-forming X-ray microscopy using..holographic wavefront reconstruction methods. 1966 Nature 5 Mar. 1015/1 Fig. 1 shows the experimental arrangement used to produce holographic recording[s] of a piece of steel channel- section girder, and to demonstrate interference effects on distorting it. 1967 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engin. LV. 570/1 The extension of holographic techniques to radio frequencies offers new possibilities. 1967 DeVelis & Reynolds Theory & Applic. Holography i. 6 Holographic interferometry shows promise in the areas of vibration and stress analysis and turbulence studies. 1971 R. J. Collier et al. Optical Holography x. 294 We describe here a method of film preparation which can be easily followed in a photographic or holographic laboratory. |
Hence holoˈgraphical a.; holoˈgraphically adv., by means of holography; in a holographic manner.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Holographical, wholly written with his own hand, from whom it is sent. 1966 G. W. Stroke Introd. Coherent Optics & Holography v. 79 (heading) Optical filtering with holographically matched spatial filters. 1968 Nature 2 Nov. 474/2 Memory might behave holographically. 1968 Physics Bull. Dec. 423/1 An improved interferometer for comparing the shape of a diesel fuel injector cylinder against a holographically recorded master cylinder. |