trideo

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ vi(deo).

Noun

trideo (countable and uncountable, plural trideos)

1. (science fiction) A three-dimensional video.

   Synonym: tridim

   • 2017, Veronica Scott, “Star Cruise: Songbird”, in Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2, →ISBN, page 381:

     Getting Karissa back to her cabin had been fairly easy, encountering only a few passengers along the way, who were too surprised by the chance encounter to ask for autographs or personal trideos with the star, especially as Grant kept her moving with a firm hand on her elbow.

2. (science fiction) Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).
   • 2011, J. Wesley Bush, Knox's Irregulars, →ISBN, page 78:

     His father had been Prime Minister for the last twelve years. There had been puff pieces about Randal on the trideo since he was a child.

References

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