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threevee

threevee noun: a screen or television able to display a three-dimensional image.

Noun

threevee (countable and uncountable, plural threevees)

  1. (countable) A screen or television able to display a three-dimensional image.
    • The demon paused before answering, as though listening to an internal voice. Seen up close, he too was slightly blurred — like a threevee picture in the middle of a bad day for sunspots, Kin thought.1981, Terry Pratchett, Strata, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157
    • She loved to sit with me when three or four of us went to the Blue Sea, to the Bay of Lue, to threevees in the city, to musical shows, or just to eat iced meloncolion on the showy balconies of the comiche.2016, John Argo, Moon Berry Wine: A Far Future Science Fiction Novel, San Diego, C.A.: Clocktower Books, →ISBN, page 38
  2. (uncountable) Three-dimensional television technology.

Synonyms of threevee

Forms of threevee

pluralthreevees
alternative form3V
alternative formthree-vee

Origin of threevee

Blend of three + TV.

Questions about threevee

What does threevee mean?
Threevee means a screen or television able to display a three-dimensional image.
What part of speech is threevee?
Threevee is a noun.
What is the plural of threevee?
The plural of threevee is threevees.

Words near threevee in the dictionary

  1. threetooth
  2. threetooth puffer
  3. threetooth puffers
  4. Threets
  5. threety
  6. threevee
  7. threevees
  8. threeven
  9. threeway
  10. threeways
  11. Threipland

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