three-dimensional
[three-di-men-shuh-nl, -dahy-]
- having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
- (especially in a literary work) fully developed: The story came alive chiefly because the characters were vividly three-dimensional.
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Origin of three-dimensional
First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for three-dimensional
Contemporary Examples
Three-dimensional shots attempt to capture the majesty of his triumphs from the artistic world to the scientific.
From the outset, they were a sort of three-dimensional printer.
Font of InventionSeptember 18, 2014
With its emphasis on self-expression and three-dimensional adolescents, Awkward.
But these are some sharply drawn stories, fleshed out with three-dimensional characters, withering satire, and genuine pathos.
Three-dimensional printers create shapes out of sheets of plastic.
Historical Examples
The three-dimensional picture had been rolled up into the corner.
Spacemen Never Die!Morris Hershman
We see only three-dimensional sections of them, which are spheres.
The Einstein See-SawMiles John Breuer
It was a three-dimensional, thousand-mile spread of fantasy infernal.
Wandl the InvaderRaymond King Cummings
It is no more the fourth dimension than a shadow is three-dimensional.
Hellhounds of the CosmosClifford Donald Simak
This was an instrument with a three-dimensional screen as its heart.
The Jupiter WeaponCharles Louis Fontenay
three-dimensional
three-D or 3-D
- of, having, or relating to three dimensionsthree-dimensional space
- (of a film, transparency, etc) simulating the effect of depth by presenting slightly different views of a scene to each eye
- having volume
- lifelike or real
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