three-dimensional world
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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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world
noun
uk/wɜːld/us/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofthree-dimensionalandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Generally speaking, it is the invariants in the externalthree-dimensionalworldthat have been of the most significance for our ancestors.
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Two-dimensional colour experiences or experiences of pure sound, if these occur, have no evidential weight (by themselves) with respect to judgements about thethree-dimensionalworld.
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In this case, conceptualization is the encoding of patterns of possible physical interaction with athree-dimensionalworld.
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Why would we have evolved the capability of "seeing" in this way if the retinal projection is irrelevant to how we behave in thethree-dimensionalworld?
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The aim is not to produce an abstracted plan or map of the monument, nor simply to provide the raw material for the construction of an enrichedthree-dimensionalworld.
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Object constancy is about the fact that we live in athree-dimensionalworldand that when objects move, they usually do not change shape.
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Real objects have properties such as size, shape, texture, and color, and they can be positioned in thethree-dimensionalworldat different distances and angles with respect to an observer.
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In a sense we have received a two-dimensional review of athree-dimensionalworld.
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The wheelchair citizen lives in a two-dimensional world whereas we live in athree-dimensionalworld.
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I wonder how many people realise that when a person lives permanently in a wheelchair he is living in a two-dimensional and not athree-dimensionalworld.
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Because a real 24-cell is four-dimensional, the artwork is actually a projection into thethree-dimensionalworld.
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Designers of these craft face many of the same challenges that insects face in maintaining stability in athree-dimensionalworld.
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Thethree-dimensionalworldis divided into areas separated by loading screens, and the player can move freely throughout these areas by walking, running, jumping, and climbing ladders.
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For example, when we make inferences from the retinal image, the knowledge that we live in athree-dimensionalworldis essential to the correct interpretation of the image.
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