tri-V

• Tri-V, tri-v, trivee, trivvy

From tri- +‎ TV.

tri-V (plural not attested)

1. (science fiction) A system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video.

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

   • 1999, Amy Thomson, Through Alien Eyes, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 85:

     Moki and Ukatonen weren't supposed to go out without Eerin or Analin, so they spent most of the day watching the Tri-V or listening to Analin and Eerin talk about them. It was fun at first, seeing themselves on the Tri-V, but they only showed the same few pictures and words.

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