tridim

plural tridims · alternative tri-dim

1. literatureSynonym 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.

   2005, Karen Haber, Crossing Infinity, New York, N.Y.: ibooks, →ISBN, page 51

   Synonyms: trideo

2. literatureSynonym 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.

   1963, Robert Silverberg, “To See the Invisible Man”, in Earth in Transit, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1976, page 59

   Synonyms: tri-V