three-dimensional object

collocation in English

meaningsofthree-dimensionalandobject

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three-dimensional
adjective
uk
/ˌθriː.daɪˈmen.ʃən.əl/
us
/ˌθriː.daɪˈmen.ʃən.əl/
having or appearing to have three dimensions (= length, width, and height) and therefore ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/
us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofthree-dimensionalandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This sketch depicts athree-dimensionalobject; it is a projection of that object.
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What one perceives is a cube, athree-dimensionalobjectin space.
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A visual display comprised of random-dots that mimicked a rigid,three-dimensionalobjectrocking back and forth was used.
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For example, our brain performs the calculations necessary to label athree-dimensionalobjectfrom subtle shading across its surface.
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Both terms refer to athree-dimensionalobjectwhich can be walked around and which emits sounds in different directions.
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Three-dimensionalobjectrecognition is viewpoint dependent.
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When provided with an index parameter, the selection function yields an array element from the slice in thethree-dimensionalobject.
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The most plausiblethree-dimensionalobject, however, is the one that is most likely to correspond to the human understanding of the sketch.
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Indeed, to ' know' reality without an awareness of this inexhaustible depth would be to falsify it, to get the two-dimensional shape right while missing thethree-dimensionalobject.
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The higher order version uses functions to select one-dimensional sub-arrays, or slices, from athree-dimensionalobject, whereas the first order version creates copies to achieve the same result.
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To understand the role of stimulus movement, we examined the accuracy and the rapidity of the saccadic responses as a function of rocking velocity of the entirethree-dimensionalobject.
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Because athree-dimensionalobjectis represented on the two-dimensional screen, distortion and ambiguity result.
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A rigidthree-dimensionalobjecthas 6 degrees of freedom, 3 translations and 3 rotations.
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Dust tends to gather on the surfaces of anythree-dimensionalobject.
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In normal perception these are recognised as a singlethree-dimensionalobject.
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Athree-dimensionalobjectalways rotates around an imaginary line called a "rotation axis".
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Each stimulus was a two-dimensional image of athree-dimensionalobjectdrawn by a computer.
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This produces an accurate representation of how athree-dimensionalobjectappears to the eye.
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Often, what he paints comes to life or becomes a real,three-dimensionalobject.
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A computer analysis of the footage concluded it was a solid,three-dimensionalobject.
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The breach of copyright depended upon the necessity to copy engineers' drawings on which thethree-dimensionalobjectwas made and which the copier had never seen.
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The procedure is repeated layer-by-layer until thethree-dimensionalobjectis fully formed and consolidated.
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