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animated cartoon
[ an-uh-mey-tid kahr-toon ]
/ ˈæn əˌmeɪ tɪd kɑrˈtun /
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noun
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.
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Origin of animated cartoon
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby animated cartoon
animal shelter, animal spirits, animal starch, animate, animated, animated cartoon, animated oat, animatic, animation, animatism, animato
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British Dictionary definitions for animated cartoon
animated cartoon
noun
a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly
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