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holograph

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: holograph

1
n
handwritten book or document
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n
the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: holograph
1

n handwritten book or document

Synonyms:
manuscript
Examples:
Dead Sea scrolls
(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
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codex, leaf-book
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
palimpsest
a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
roll, scroll
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Megillah
(Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim
Torah
(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
Type of:
autograph
something written by one's own hand
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n the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

Synonyms:
hologram
Type of:
exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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