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tri-dimensional, a.|traɪdɪˈmɛnʃənəl, -daɪ-|
[f. tri- 1 a + dimensional.]
Having or exhibiting three dimensions, as a solid body.
1858Q. Jrnl. Math. II. 182 An analogous method of transformation is applicable to tridimensional space. 1875Cayley in Phil. Trans. CLXV. 678 Theorem C, in the particular case of tridimensional space. 1894Nation (N.Y.) 23 Aug. 145/1 The tridimensional graphs of Wislicenus. 1906Athenæum 19 May 612/3 An ingenious series of star charts..which when looked at through red and green spectacles exhibit the stars as appearing in tri-dimensional space.
Hence tridimensioˈnality, the condition or quality of being of three dimensions (in quot. 1894 loosely used); also tridiˈmensionally adv.
1894Nation (N.Y.) 13 Sept. 192/2 There are three fundamental color-sensations..; but there is nothing corresponding to this tri-dimensionality in the vibrations themselves. 1901Titchener Exper. Psychol. I. ix. 138 The two figures will approach each other, and at last will overlap... At the moment of complete overlapping, the cone stands out with an almost startling tridimensionality. 1919R. T. Browne Mystery of Space vii. 240 Trace out the biologic development of each mental faculty..and it will be found that..the nature of each of these has been to express itself tridimensionally. 1956H. Read Art of Sculpture v. 102 One of the most striking developments in our time has been in the direction of linear sculpture, another apparent contradiction of terms that can be justified in so far as the lines are used tridimensionally to indicate volume. |