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three-dee

three-dee is the alternative form of 3D.

Meaning of 3D

Noun

3D (plural 3Ds)

  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 Books, page 14
    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

See all 4 meanings of 3d

Forms of three-dee

pluralthree-dees

Questions about three-dee

What is three-dee the alternative form of?
Three-dee is the alternative form of 3D.

Words near three-dee in the dictionary

  1. three-day measles
  2. three-day sickness
  3. three-day weekend
  4. three-decker
  5. three-deckers
  6. three-dee
  7. three-dees
  8. three-dimensional
  9. three-dimensional chess
  10. three-dimensional printer
  11. three-dimensional printers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: three-dee (page history and authors); 3D (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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