Three-dimensional

Date "three-dimensional" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	The imagery or data displayed or presented in a three-dimensional format as a result of digital image processing and not stereoscopic parallax. Source: European Union. (references)
Math	A binary search tree in which each node uses an otherwise-empty left child link to refer to the node's in-order predecessor and an empty right child link to refer to its in-order successor. (references)
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Synonyms: Three-dimensional

Synonyms: cubic (adj), third-dimensional (adj), three-d (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: linear (adj), planar (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's really meant for photographing three-dimensional objects. (Two for the Road; writing credit: Frederic Raphael)
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Domain	Title
Books	The Math Kit: A Three-Dimensional Tour Through Mathematics (reference) Three-Dimensional Computer Vision (Artificial Intelligence) (reference) Three-Dimensional Scroll Saw Patterns and Techniques (reference) Trompe L'Oeil Using Stencils: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Three-Dimensional Effects for the Home (reference) Two- and Three-Dimensional Patterns of the Face (reference) (more book examples)
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	This image depicts adenovirus. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure.Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).		This image depicts cytochrome c which is a small protein used in the electron transfer chain. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize on otherwise minute structure.Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).
	This image depicts immunoglobulin. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure.Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).		This is an RNA molecule. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. Data may be weights and measures, and structure to make up a three-dimensional image so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure.Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).
	Pictured is a proton beam from the brain during CT scans. Using dozens of CT slices, a computer produced this three-dimensional representation of the eyes and optic nerves (blue and green). The brain stem (green) , and the tumor (red). The yellow line shows the proton beam field-shaping aperture.Credit: unknown photographer.		Three-dimensional image of Monterey Canyon, termed a "gully" in this image. This image is the first attempt to depict a 3-dimensional view of a submarine canyon and incorporated soundings from the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Fish Commission. This highly simplistic view was constructed from relatively sparse soundings and does not capture the complexity of the canyon system.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		PET produces three-dimensional, colored images of chemicals or substances functioning within the body. These images are called PET scans. (references)
		In these procedures, a computer uses information from CT or MRI to create a three-dimensional map of the operation site. The computer uses the map to help the surgeon guide special, computer-assisted tools. (references)
		MRI gives better pictures of tumors located near bone than CT, does not use radiation as CT does, and provides pictures from various angles that can enable doctors to construct a three-dimensional image of the tumor. (references)
Business		In addition there is a requirement for purchasing thermal cameras, upgrading the operation center for project 776 (Automated Air Defense Systems), generators, and three-dimensional radars. (references)
Economic History	Austria	Legislation also protects three-dimensional semiconductor chip layout design. (references)
	Korea	Korea's trademark law was amended in 1997 to protect three-dimensional trademarks (registered in Korea only). (references)
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
James Van Praagh	Well, we're living on many levels at once. So right now on this Earth level, we're here in the physical, three-dimensional world, this body, but you're existing on many, many other levels too.
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"Three-dimensional" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Three-dimensional" is used about 504 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	504	11,979

Language		Translations for "three-dimensional"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		三度. (various references)

Danish		tredimensional, 3D. (various references)

Dutch		driedimensionaal. (various references)

Finnish		kolmiulotteinen. (various references)

French		tridimensionnel (three dimensional). (various references)

German		räumlich (spacial, spatial, three dimensional, through), dreidimensional (three dimensional), 3-D. (various references)

Greek		τριδιάστατος. (various references)

Hungarian		térhatású (stereo, stereophonic, stereoscopic, stereoscopical), háromkiterjedésű, háromdimenziós (three dimensional, tridimensional), háromdimenziójú (solid). (various references)

Italian		marchio tridimensionale (three-dimensional mark), composito a intreccio tridimensionale (three-dimensional braided composite), cucitura tridimensionale (three-dimensional sewing), geometria dei solidi (solid geometry, stereometry, three-dimensional geometry), gli atomi superficiali di un germe tridimensionale sono soggetti, oltre che all'agitazione termica, a urti da parte degli atomi del liquido (but also to collisions by the atoms of the liquid, the surface atoms of a three-dimensional nucleous are subjected not only to thermal agitation), in caso di condizioni atmosferiche avverse é parimenti desiderabile negli avvallamenti una guida visiva (in sags/dips/ in areas where misty weather is possible, it is advisable to provide three-dimensional guidance/optical guidance/(i.e.perspective)), cinema a rilievo (three-dimensional film), macchina del tempo tridimensionale (three-dimensional time shuttle), visualizzazione delle immagini tridimensionali (three-dimensional image display), modello tridimensionale (three-dimensional model), pellicola cinematografica a rilievo (three-dimensional film), raffreddamento tridimensionale (three-dimensional cooling), sistema di modellizzazione tridimensionale (three-dimensional modeller), stato di tensione triassiale (three-dimensional stress, triaxial stress), stereometria (solid geometry, stereometry, three-dimensional geometry), invenzione che si sostanzia in una forma tridimensionale (invention embodied in a three-dimensional form). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		立体的 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		りったいてき. (various references)

Korean		3차원. (various references)

Manx		tree-howshanagh, tree towshanagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		ee-dimensionalthray

Portuguese		tridimensional (three dimensional). (various references)

Russian		стереоскопический (stereoscopic, stereoscopical), трехмерный (three dimensional), пространственный (dimensional, spatial). (various references)

Spanish		tridimensional (three dimensional). (various references)

Swedish		tre-dimensionell (three dimensional). (various references)

Thai		มี 3 มิติ (กว้าง สูง ลึก). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Three-dimensional" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: threedimensional. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-r-s-t"
	-3 letters: radioelements.
	-4 letters: antiheroines, delineations, endothermies, ethionamides, heldentenors, internalised, radioelement, remediations.
	-5 letters: antiheroine, antimoderns, antimonides, delineation, delineators, denominates, derailments, diathermies, dimensional, dinnertimes, disrelation, eliminators, emendations, enantiomers, endearments, endometrial, endorsement, ethionamide, heldentenor, heliometers, hemosiderin, herniations, hinterlands, homesteader, indorsement, inharmonies, inseminated, inseminator, insertional, interisland, intermedins, intermeshed, internalise, lionhearted, mandolinist, meridionals, methedrines, methionines, mineralised, misoriented, modernities, motherlands.
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