computer animation

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noun Digital Technology, Graphic Arts.

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

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Also called computer-generated/computer-rendered animation, CG/CGI animation .

Origin of computer animation

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby computer animation

computer age, computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided publishing, computer animation, computer architecture, computer-assisted makeup, computerate, computer conferencing, computer crime

How to use computer animation in a sentence

Then, twelve human subjects watched 196 video clips of these robots interacting, which were in essence a series of computer animations.
MIT scientists taught robots how to sabotage each other|Charlotte Hu|November 10, 2021|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.
9 Best Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Movies, Ranked By IMDb|noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)|October 17, 2021|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.
This ancient fish-crocodile mashup snared its prey using a key adaptation|Kate Baggaley|February 3, 2021|Popular-Science
In 1986, programmer Craig Reynolds made a three-dimensional flocking algorithm, which played out in an early computer animation.
Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’|Tom McNamara|December 3, 2020|Popular-Science

In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Just a few short years ago, I sat down at my computer, and I typed out a similar goodbye letter.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy|Oliver Jones|December 27, 2014|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 Chopin
He spoke with an animation and earnestness that gave an exaggerated importance to every syllable he uttered.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The duke was in the highest animation, and he talked to every one round him, as we marched along, with more than condescension.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
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 Macaulay
As the hour of death drew near, her courage and animation seemed to increase.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott