animated cartoon

[an-uh-mey-tid kahr-toon]

noun

1. a movie or television show, usually intended for children, created 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.

animated cartoon

noun

1. a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly

Word History and Origins

Origin of animated cartoon¹

First recorded in 1910–15