three-dimensional

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

Origin of three-dimensional

1
First recorded in 1890–95

Other words from three-dimensional

  • three·di·men·sion·al·i·ty, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for 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

  1. having volume

  2. lifelike or real

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