tridim

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Etymology

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From tri- +‎ dim(ensional).

Noun

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tridim (plural tridims)

  1. (science fiction) Synonym of trideo (a three-dimensional video).
    • 2005, Karen Haber, Crossing Infinity, New York, N.Y.: ibooks, →ISBN, page 51:
      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. (science fiction) Synonym of tri-V (a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video).
    • 1963, Robert Silverberg, “To See the Invisible Man”, in Earth in Transit, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1976, page 59:
      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.

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