three-dimensional

See also: threedimensional

English

Alternative forms

• 3-dimensional, threedimensional

Pronunciation

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Adjective

three-dimensional (not generally comparable, comparative more three-dimensional, superlative most three-dimensional)

1. (not comparable) Existing in three dimensions.
2. (comparable) Having depth, or the illusion of depth, as well as height and width.
3. (comparable) Lifelike.

   A good novel needs three-dimensional characters.

Synonyms

• 3D, 3-D, 3d
• tri-D
• tridimensional

Coordinate terms

• two-dimensional
• four-dimensional
• n-dimensional

Derived terms

• quasi-three-dimensional
• three-dimensionality
• three-dimensionally

 

Translations

existing in three dimensions

• Arabic: ثُلَاثِيُّ الْأَبْعَادِ (ṯulāṯiyyu l-ʔabʕādi)
• Azerbaijani: üçölçülü
• Belarusian: трохвыме́рны (troxvymjérny), трохме́рны (troxmjérny)
• Bulgarian: тримерен (bg) (trimeren)
• Catalan: tridimensional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三維／三维 (saam¹ wai⁴)

  Mandarin: 三維／三维 (zh) (sānwéi), 三次元 (zh) (sāncìyuán)

• Czech: trojrozměrný (cs), třírozměrný (cs)
• Danish: tredimensional (da)
• Dutch: driedimensionaal (nl)
• Esperanto: tridimensia
• Finnish: kolmiulotteinen (fi)
• French: tridimensionnel (fr)
• Galician: tridimensional
• Georgian: სამგანზომილებიანი (samganzomilebiani)
• German: dreidimensional (de)
• Greek: τρισδιάστατος (el) (trisdiástatos)
• Hebrew: תלת-מימדי (tlat-meymadi)
• Hungarian: háromdimenziójú, háromdimenziós (hu)
• Icelandic: þrívíður
• Japanese: 三次元の (ja) (さんじげんの, sanjigen no)
• Kazakh: үшөлшемді (üşölşemdı)
• Korean: 삼차원의 (ko) (samchawonui)
• Manx: tree-howshanagh, tree towshanagh
• Maori: ahutoru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tredimensjonal (no)

  Nynorsk: tredimensjonal

• Persian: سه‌بعدی (se-bo'di)
• Polish: trójwymiarowy (pl)
• Portuguese: tridimensional (pt)
• Romanian: tridimensional (ro)
• Russian: трёхме́рный (ru) (trjoxmérnyj), в трёх измере́ниях (v trjox izmerénijax), объёмный (ru) (obʺjómnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trì-mheudach
• Spanish: tridimensional (es)
• Swedish: tredimensionell (sv)
• Tagalog: tatluhing-sukod
• Turkish: üç boyutlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: триви́мірний (tryvýmirnyj), об'є́мний (obʺjémnyj)

having depth (or the illusion of depth) as well as height and width

• Azerbaijani: üçölçülü
• Bulgarian: тримерен (bg) (trimeren), пространствен (bg) (prostranstven)
• Catalan: tridimensional (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kolmiulotteinen (fi)
• Galician: tridimensional
• German: dreidimensional (de)
• Greek: τρισδιάστατος (el) (trisdiástatos)
• Hungarian: térhatású (hu), háromdimenziós (hu)
• Manx: tree-howshanagh, tree towshanagh
• Persian: سه‌بعدی (se-bo'di)
• Polish: trójwymiarowy (pl)
• Portuguese: tridimensional (pt)
• Russian: трёхме́рный (ru) (trjoxmérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trì-sheallach
• Spanish: tridimensional (es)
• Tagalog: tatluhing-sukod
• Turkish: üç boyutlu (tr)

lifelike

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: todellinen (fi), elävä (fi)
• Hungarian: háromdimenziós (hu)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: trì-mheudach, trì-sheallach