3D animation

Or 3-D an·i·ma·tion

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

noun

Digital Technology, Graphic Arts.

1. animation, or a product of animation, created when three-dimensional computer models or objects are rapidly sequenced to create the illusion of lifelike motion, as in some computer animation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of 3D animation¹

First recorded in 1975–80