3-D
15
4.0
- adjective
- /θriː-di/
:
tridimensional
- Visual engineering tools such as VE-Suite can provide designers with real-time, 3-D graphic representations of power plants.
- 3-D model
- 3-D graphics
- 3-D design
Examples
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Wearing 3-D glasses made the action scenes in the film feel much more immersive.
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According to Gould, 3-D design software is a necessary tool to give shape to his art.
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Everything looks better in 3-D, you know.
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You need a 3D model.
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"I have to reconstruct in my mind, in the operating room, the 3-D image."
Academic text (2002) -
Today, investigators have a different tool: 3D laser scanning.
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So we're depending heavily on 3-D design tools and 2-D prints.
Academic text (2002) -
Shapeways prints your object on a 3-D printer and sends it to you.
Academic text (2009) -
Boeing recently implemented a searchable 3-D parts catalog that lets engineers search for CAD parts.
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The company's new handheld Zscanner 700 can digitize 3-D surfaces in real time.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
36
3.9
Something that has length, width and depth like a box or ball
2
7.6
Making images look like they have depth
1
6.5
Has length, width, and depth so it looks like a real object
Having height, width, and depth so things look real
Showing depth like a film or picture, not flat
How Three-Dimensional
- Specialized
66
7.2
- Specialized
2
7.6
15
4.0
- Specialized
7
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
3-D = three-dimensional (transparent) = 3 + D
As an adjective, '3-D' is an abbreviated form of 'three-dimensional' and thus transparently denotes three-dimensionality.
Etymology
3-D as an adjective comes from three-dimensional, meaning it has 'height', 'width', and 'depth', so a 3-D object or picture appears to have real shape and space.