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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Three-dimensional.
  • noun A three-dimensional medium, display, or performance, especially a cinematic or graphic medium in three dimensions.

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  • adjective Abbreviation of three-dimensional.

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Examples

  • 3-D and IMAX -- Critics keep waiting (hoping?) for a 3-D backlash, but it's not coming yet.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Intel showed off what it called the most radical shift in semiconductor technology in more than fifty years, using a so-called 3-D approach.

    What's News: Business & Finance 2011

  • GoPro HD sports cameras not included and turns them into a single high-definition 3-D camera that is still waterproof and rugged, using a sync cable and an extra large housing that is waterproof to 180 feet.

    Wired Top Stories Gizmodo Brian Lam 2011

  • "It is OK to sit down and watch 3-D," Tsunoda said, referring to 3-D movies at theaters and 3-D on TV sets.

    unknown title 2011

  • Additive manufacturing, also called "3-D printing," is not an entirely new technology.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Special projectors will be used to cast three-dimensional images on the walls of the landmark ballroom, turning the space into a disorienting whirl of images - a technique known as 3-D mapping, Mr. Cohen said.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. 2012

  • Pull on the visor as you would a baseball cap, plug the headset into a cable box, game console or Blu-ray player and then watch as high-definition 3-D video fills the visual equivalent of a movie theater screen.

    NYT > Home Page By ANNE EISENBERG 2011

  • Using what HP calls "3-D Sea of Sensors," with an average of 32 temperature sensors on the motherboard of each new server and additional heat sensors on video and network cards, the system can poll the temperature throughout the server and adjust fan power.

    Ars Technica Sean Gallagher 2012

  • Additive manufacturing, also called "3-D printing," is not an entirely new technology.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • among smartphone makers continues to intensify, with one new front being the idea of 3-D phones that do not require 3-D glasses to use them.

    NYT > Home Page By STUART ELLIOTT 2011

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