"3D" meaning in English

See 3D in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} 3D (not comparable)
  1. Abbreviation of three-dimensional. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: three-dimensional Derived forms: 3DNow!, 3D print, 3D printed, 3D printer, 3D printing Translations (abbreviation): 3D (Chinese Mandarin), 三維 /三维 (sānwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 3D (French), 3D (German), 3-D (German), 3D (Hungarian), 3D (Polish), 3D (Portuguese), 3D (Russian), 3Д [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), 3D [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), 3D (Swedish), 3D (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-3D-en-adj-SPBRh6Aq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 3-D, 3 D, three-D, three-dee [science-fiction, literature, publishing, media], threedee

Noun

Forms: 3Ds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 3D (plural 3Ds)
  1. (science fiction) A system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video. Categories (topical): Science fiction Synonyms: tri-V
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  2. (science fiction) A three-dimensional video. Categories (topical): Science fiction Synonyms: trideo, tridim
    Sense id: en-3D-en-noun-bNOnuFu4 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 3-D, 3 D, three-D, three-dee [science-fiction, literature, publishing, media], threedee

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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