English
fauxlography
Blend of faux + holography.
A blend of faux + holography
Latin fallō ‘to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude,…’
Latin falsus ‘deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed,…’
Old French fals ‘false’
Middle French faulx
French faux
English faux
Today it means
noun Effects that are falsely confused with holography, such as the effects produced by lenticular printing, the Pepper's ghost illusion, tomography and volumetric displays.
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Etymograph / fauxlography