holocrystalline Meaning, Definition & Usage
Hol`o*crys"tal*line adjective
Etymology
Definitions
(Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline. hologram. 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 effects may also be observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light.