How to Use three-dimensional in a Sentence

three-dimensional

adjective
  • At the heart of the setup is a three-dimensional foot form model.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 July 2024
  • The major league strike zone is a three-dimensional prism above the plate that runs from the midpoint between the shoulders and top of the pants to the bottom of the kneecaps.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Beers takes an honest look at Orwell’s life — the best and the worst of it — and presents a three-dimensional picture.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024
  • In 1611, the physicist Johannes Kepler thought about the best way to pack three-dimensional spheres.
    Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The company is aiming to build AI that can process and replicate the three-dimensional world.
    Byjenn Brice, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The Aero has a three-dimensional top pocket for small items and a trolley sleeve to slide over your suitcase handle.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Those use video and three-dimensional graphics to tell the story of how the jacket tradition came to be.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In keeping with the 2024 gala’s Garden of Time dress code, the off-the-shoulder dress was adorned with three-dimensional yellow roses and green leaves.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 May 2024
  • Using a process called photogrammetry, Hood’s team can use the photos to build a three-dimensional map of the basin.
    Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Yeah, there’s a spring on this three-dimensional model.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Usually, the cells need a three-dimensional platform to guide their growth, known as a scaffold.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Hugh Grant became immersed in the concept of the swing being three-dimensional.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2023
  • But Richards built him into a rollicking, three-dimensional creation, right down to the clothes on his back.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
  • The dress also featured three-dimensional gold appliqués around the hem.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The jacket is cut with three-dimensional pockets with a curved shape, inspired by archival Stone Island pieces.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 18 June 2024
  • McRae's entrance, stepping out in a flood of neon LED lights in the three-dimensional box making up her set, did not disappoint.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 July 2024
  • The controls move the bridge up and down, and side to side, a three-dimensional dance reminiscent of docking a rocket capsule.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • The concept works perfectly in a three-dimensional space like when flying a plane.
    New Atlas, 13 July 2024
  • Cubic Feet: This is a measurement used to express the volume of a three-dimensional space.
    Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Test 7: ‘A flat heart’ Maybe three-dimensional crochet is too much for a language-learning AI to handle.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 July 2023
  • Shaw also suggests using ribbon with wire to help add a three-dimensional look to the wreath's design.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But some things never change, and that's Fox's love for three-dimensional nail accessories.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The task in this new work was to take the linear string of amino acids that form a protein and use that to predict how those amino acids are arranged in three-dimensional space once the protein is mature.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023
  • All six of the coffins, which were cast from compounds of copper, were adorned with three-dimensional depictions of lizards, snakes and eels, some of which featured human heads.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And the stunning three-dimensional projections by Daniel Brodie bring a lush, cinematic feel to the show.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Such is the case of NeverNoT’s three-dimensional gemstone and gold luggage charms.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Its bottle was carved from a block of wood to approximate a three-dimensional rendering of a sound wave.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The integer distance points become points in three-dimensional space that lie on the cone and also on a certain lattice.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
  • As shown during testing, the dimension of the sponge's shape doesn't play a huge role since the flat side of the silicone blender applied foundation as well as the three-dimensional sponges.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • There is even a reed-bundle boat found in Kuwait, dated 5000 BCE, that is considered to be the oldest three-dimensional model of a large-scale object.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024

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