three-d

1. 1.

   involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth

   “lifelike three-dimensional characters”

   “a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government”

   “they shot the movie in three-D”

   Synonymsthree-dimensional3-dimensionalthird-dimensional

   Similarmultidimensional

Questions about three-d

What does three-d mean?

three-d means "a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in three-d?

three-d has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for three-d?

Close synonyms include 3-D, 3D, 3-D, 3D, three-dimensional. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is three-d a common word?

three-d is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.