as in realistic
closely resembling the object imitated
an actress who has been acclaimed for her three-dimensional portrayal of the celebrated monarch
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Recent Examples of three-dimensional
Never let it be said that Lady Gaga doesn’t play three-dimensional chess.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
The technology at the heart of the project, though, is LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging — an airborne mapping technique which uses laser scanning to create three-dimensional models which are accurate to centimeters (or fractions of inches).
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
Understanding the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture can help solve a whole other array of mathematical problems.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
This is the notion that all the information within a three-dimensional volume of space can be encoded on a surrounding two-dimensional surface, akin to a hologram.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
The technology at the heart of the project, though, is LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging — an airborne mapping technique which uses laser scanning to create three-dimensional models which are accurate to centimeters (or fractions of inches).
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
Understanding the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture can help solve a whole other array of mathematical problems.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
This is the notion that all the information within a three-dimensional volume of space can be encoded on a surrounding two-dimensional surface, akin to a hologram.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-dimensional
Adjective
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An incredibly realistic short almond nail set that may just have your friends fooled.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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One path leads to more realistic pricing that reflects the true cost and value of these advanced systems.—
Andrew Filev,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With Asian elephants—its closest living relatives—facing a 22-month pregnancy and a decade-long wait for maturity, researchers needed a faster way to test their genetic edits.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Six more living hostages returned this past Saturday, but with further outrages by Hamas.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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McBurney knows that the naturalistic acting style used in film can easily fall flat in opera, which has a slower pace in which the magic lies in a kind of zooming in on time.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Motor priming improves the efficiency of subsequent naturalistic speech-in-noise processing under specific conditions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tool's natural heft guides you toward the right amount of massaging pressure, making for more effective acupressure every time.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their work spans both natural and built environments, and is committed to the discovery of new material and social possibilities.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This eerily lifelike android represents a significant advancement in biomimetic robotics, closely replicating human anatomy and movement in ways never before seen.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The point is not to be lifelike or fact-based but familiar and formulaic—in a word, predictable.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Captured in vivid detail, the shimmering pieces of metal are tiny reminders of the region's pivotal gold-rush era of the 1860s.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
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The author draws a vivid portrait of her family’s socially marginal milieu, but her rapist presents multiple challenges of perspective.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Three-dimensional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-dimensional. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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