3-D image-making process

• The branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Holography is the science and practice of making holograms . Typically, a hologram is a photographic recording of a light field , rather than of an image formed by a lens , and it is used to display a fully three-dimensional image of the holographed subject, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 19c., of writing, from holograph + -y (4); physics sense, "process of using holograms," is from 1964, coined by discoverer, Hungarian-born physicist Gábor Dénes (1900-1979), from hologram on analogy of telegraphy / telegram .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
holography \ho*log"ra*phy\, v. t. The process of producing holograms, usually requiring a source of coherent light, as from a laser.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image