computer animation

[ kuhm-pyoo-ter an-uh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

, Digital Technology, Graphic Arts.

1. animation, or a product of animation, created using computer hardware and software.

Word History and Origins

Origin of computer animation¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Then, twelve human subjects watched 196 video clips of these robots interacting, which were in essence a series of computer animations.

From Popular-Science

Rogen and Goldberg brought their particular brand of raunchy hard-R humor to the typically kid-friendly realm of computer animation in 2016.

From TechCrunch

Lemberg and his colleagues used computer animation to confirm that Tiktaalik’s joints would have enabled it to move its skull bones in similar ways to an alligator gar.

From Popular-Science

In 1986, programmer Craig Reynolds made a three-dimensional flocking algorithm, which played out in an early computer animation.

From Popular-Science

Of course, one is a documentary (albeit filled with slick computer animation), the other a narrative film.

From The Daily Beast

It is, chiefly because the cost of computer animation has come down so much.

From The Daily Beast