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Definition of Three-dimensional

1. Adjective. Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth. "They shot the movie in three-D"

Definition of Three-dimensional

1. Adjective. (not comparable) Existing in three dimensions ¹

2. Adjective. (comparable) having depth (or the illusion of depth) as well as height and width ¹

3. Adjective. (comparable) lifelike ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Three-dimensional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"three-dimensional view of the molecular ... three-dimensional diagram of the molecular packing in a unit cell of phenyl(2,2' ..."

2. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"Projective collineations of three-dimensional forms. Projective collineations in a three-dimensional form have been defined at the beginning of § 28. ..."

3. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"Projective collineations of three-dimensional forms. Protective collineations in a three-dimensional form have been defined at the beginning of § 28. ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
"We use one-dimensional space to express the dimensions of three-dimensional space. Besides this, it is not altogether accurate to describe space, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The mathematician is not in the least concerned, however, whether his two or three dimensional geometry appeals to any visible space or not. ..."

6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"a straight line is the simplest form only from the standpoint of three dimensional space. To get at the nature of space from the assumption of simplicity, ..."

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