Tridim

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of trideo (“a three-dimensional video”).

    "By the time they got to the Wrapateria the line of kids snaked down the block. The usual jokers were taking tri-dims of the crowd and playing them back to each other."

  2. 2
    Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).

    "I entered theaters where the happy lotus eaters sat slumped in their massage chairs, transfixed by the glowing tridim images—and capered down the aisles. No one grumbled at me."

Example

More examples

"By the time they got to the Wrapateria the line of kids snaked down the block. The usual jokers were taking tri-dims of the crowd and playing them back to each other."

Etymology

From tri- + dim(ensional).

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