3D

American

[three-dee] / ˈθriˈdi /

Or 3-D

adjective

of, relating to, or representing something in three dimensions; three-dimensional.

3D movies.

noun

a three-dimensional form or appearance.

My dreams are always in 3D.

Etymology

Origin of 3D

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55

Example Sentences

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The scans produced a high-resolution 3D model of the skull and jaw, capturing precise shapes, angles, and dimensions needed to evaluate how a potential eardrum might work.

From Science Daily

Christian Bird of TerraDat, the Welsh firm which carried out the surveys, said the images were "remarkably clear, identifying and mapping in 3D the villa structure, surrounding ditches and wider layout of the site".

From BBC

It has also developed 'real-time 3D recreation' to make line-of-sight offside decisions.

From BBC

Scientists from more than 40 institutions worked together to create detailed 3D models of each skull.

From Science Daily

The long term vision is to combine this bacterial co culture with Martian regolith and use it as feedstock for 3D printing on Mars.

From Science Daily

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