animation
the state or condition of being animated.
Graphic Arts
a dynamic visual medium produced from static drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion.
the process of preparing such animation, as for films, cartoons, video games, etc.
a product of such animation, as a film or cartoon.
Origin of animation
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- in·ter·an·i·ma·tion, noun
- non·an·i·ma·tion, noun
- o·ver·an·i·ma·tion, noun
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How to use animation in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTAs 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 | THE DAILY BEASTJeffrey 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 | THE DAILY BEASTShooting 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 | THE DAILY BEASTGarfield 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 | THE 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 ChopinHe spoke with an animation and earnestness that gave an exaggerated importance to every syllable he uttered.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe duke was in the highest animation, and he talked to every one round him, as we marched along, with more than condescension.
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 MacaulayAs the hour of death drew near, her courage and animation seemed to increase.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for animation
/ (ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən) /
liveliness; vivacity
the condition of being alive
the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons
a variant of animated cartoon
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