2D animation

or 2-D an·i·ma·tion

[ too-dee-an-uh-mey-shuhn ]

/ ˈtuˈdi ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃən /

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noun Graphic Arts.

two-dimensional animation: animation, or a product of animation, created when two-dimensional images are rapidly sequenced to create the illusion of lifelike motion, as in traditional drawn animation, cel animation, or computer-generated vector graphics.

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Origin of 2D animation

First recorded in 1985–90

Words nearby 2D animation

2,4-D, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, 2D, 2D animation, 2D barcode, 2G, 2H, 2NITE, 2-phenoxyethanol

Example sentences from the Web for 2D animation

Stop-motion animation artist PES has unveiled a new short this week.
‘Sexual’ Barbershop Quartet, a Panda Family Reunion, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for Ready for Hillary, it now survives in a sort of suspended animation.
Team Clinton Prepares for the Other Side of If|David Freedlander|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of DreamWorks Animation, is basically the “new George Soros.”
Meet the Hollywood Power Couple Who Bet Big on the Midterms—and Lost|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Shooting entirely on film, Davis personally oversaw the animation of the specters at his production studios in Indiana.
Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons|Rich Goldstein|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Garfield the cat occupies an understated and often overlooked position critical to the history of televised animation.
Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons|Rich Goldstein|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He spoke with an animation and earnestness that gave an exaggerated importance to every syllable he uttered.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The duke was in the highest animation, and he talked to every one round him, as we marched along, with more than condescension.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The orators of the opposition declaimed against him with great animation and asperity.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
As the hour of death drew near, her courage and animation seemed to increase.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott

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