3D

Abbreviation of three-dimensional.

Adjective

  1. Abbreviation of three-dimensional.
    • And this is where the larger problem lies: when states try to enforce impossible bans, everyone loses. 3D printing farragoes have all the hallmarks of the absolute worst kind of ineffectual ban: one which encourages...
    • Listings with a 3D tour also garnered more interest, drawing 66% more visitors and 90% more saves in April than those without. - 2020 June 26, Anna Bahney, “These people bought homes without ever stepping inside”, in...

    Coordinate Terms: 1D 2D 4D

  2. In real life, as opposed to in an anime.

    Coordinate Terms: 2D

Forms

3-D 3 D three-D three-dee threedee

Derived

3D chess 3DNow! 3D print 3D printed 3D printer 3D printing

Noun

  1. A system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video.
    • No, the slightest imbalance there would have alarms flashing all over the room. Probably it was the fact that he knew the threedee was a little out of whack. - 1969, Dave Van Arnam, Starmind, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine...

    Synonyms: tri-V

  2. A three-dimensional video.
    • A man Ellaby's own size was sitting there, viewing a 3D. When he heard Ellaby at the door he got up. - 1955 January, Martin Lesser, “The Dictator”, in Imagination, volume 6, number 1, page 85:

    Synonyms: trideo tridim

Forms

3Ds 3-D 3 D three-D three-dee threedee