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holograph

Other forms: holographs

Definitions of holograph
  1. noun
    handwritten book or document
    synonyms: manuscript
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    types:
    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
  2. noun
    the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
    synonyms: hologram
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    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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