three-dimensional

[three-di-men-shuh-nl, -dahy-]

adjective

1. having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.

2. (especially in a literary work) fully developed.

   The story came alive chiefly because the characters were vividly three-dimensional.

three-dimensional

adjective

1. of, having, or relating to three dimensions

   three-dimensional space

2. (of a film, transparency, etc) simulating the effect of depth by presenting slightly different views of a scene to each eye

3. having volume

4. lifelike or real

Other Word Forms

• threedimensionality noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-dimensional¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

"The archaeology that will be uncovered will be quite different. Don't expect three-dimensional Neolithic buildings. Possibly it is not Neolithic, I think probably later, but it could be contemporary."

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Their analysis showed that the resulting three-dimensional structure closely matches the human endosteal niche.

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When ADSCs are cultivated into three-dimensional spherical groups called spheroids, their ability to promote tissue repair increases.

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They used advanced three-dimensional computer simulations to reproduce the motion of matter and magnetic fields in the warped spacetime surrounding black holes.

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If the double-stranded DNA contains the body’s master plan, the single-stranded RNA is the messenger, telling the cell’s protein factories how to build the three-dimensional shapes that make the whole.

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