threevee

English

Alternative forms

• 3V, three-vee

Etymology

Blend of three +‎ TV.

Noun

threevee (plural threevees)

1. (science fiction) A screen or television able to display a three-dimensional image.

   Synonyms: tri-V, tri-vid, tri-D, trideo, tridim

   • 1981, Terry Pratchett, Strata, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157:

     The demon paused before answering, as though listening to an internal voice. Seen up close, he too was slightly blurred — like a threevee picture in the middle of a bad day for sunspots, Kin thought.

   • 2016, John Argo, Moon Berry Wine: A Far Future Science Fiction Novel, San Diego, C.A.: Clocktower Books, →ISBN, page 38:

     She loved to sit with me when three or four of us went to the Blue Sea, to the Bay of Lue, to threevees in the city, to musical shows, or just to eat iced meloncolion on the showy balconies of the comiche.

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “three vee, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.