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The state or characteristic of occupying, or of appearing to occupy, three dimensions of space.
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[T]here are several fascinating mixed-media pieces that give subtle three-dimensionality to predominately flat surfaces.
Complexity and depth of character.
Usage- idiomatic
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- of a person or fictional character
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Gleeson, a brilliant performer, shows us the face of evil but with the mitigating circumstances of humanity. But his three-dimensionality is jarring; at odds with the wooden movie around him.
Dr. Williams . . . commended his "search for some way of talking about human value, human depth and three-dimensionality, that doesn't depend on God."
In 1968, she costarred with Clint Eastwood in the feature film Coogan's Bluff, bringing three-dimensionality to the otherwise cliched role of a hippie.
Noun
the property of having three dimensions
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