holography

holography definition - medical

ho·log·raph·y (hō-lŏgˈrə-fē)

noun
A method of producing a three-dimensional image of an object by recording on a photographic plate or film the pattern of interference formed by a split laser beam and then illuminating the pattern either with a laser or with ordinary light.

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