3-D

noun

1. a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance

• Syn: ↑three-D, ↑3D

• Hypernyms:

↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture, ↑moving-picture show, ↑motion picture, ↑motion-picture show, ↑picture show, ↑pic, ↑flick

2. having a three-dimensional form or appearance

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aren't dreams always in 3-D?

• Syn: ↑three-D, ↑3D

• Hypernyms: ↑appearance

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I. \\ˈthrē|dē\ adjective

Etymology: D abbreviation of dimensional

: three-dimensional

II. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun

: the three-dimensional form or a picture produced in it

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/three"dee"/, adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or representing something in three dimensions; three-dimensional: 3-D movies.

n.

2. a three-dimensional form or appearance: My dreams are always in 3-D.

[1930-35, Amer.]

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3-D

Three-dimensional (see ↑dimension)

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Main Entry: ↑D

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3-Dr three-D «THREE DEE», adjective, noun. Informal.

–adj.

three-dimensional; stereoscopic: »

... a 3-D microscope which magnifies clearly and exactly the characteristics of blood cells (Newsweek).

–n.

1. a three-dimensional form: »

to see an image in 3-D.

2. a photographic or optical system or process that produces three-dimensional images.

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/ˈθriːˈdiː/ noun

in 3-D

: made in a way that causes an image to appear to be three-dimensional

The movie is in 3-D.

3-D adj

a 3-D painting

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3-D [3-D] (also three-D) noun [U]

(in films) the quality of appearing to have three ↑dimensions, i.e. depth as well as length and width. Audiences for 3-D films have to wear special glasses to get the proper effect. The process for making such films was invented in 1936 but not used by ↑Hollywood until the 1950s. Popular 3-D films included House of Wax (1953) and Hondo (1953). Since the middle of the 1990s, many 3-D films have been produced for showing in IMAX cinemas (= a type of cinema that shows films on a very large screen).

See also: ↑three-D