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animation

[ an-uh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit:

    to talk with animation.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

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  2. an act or instance of animating or enlivening.
  3. the state or condition of being animated.
  4. Graphic Arts
    1. 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.
    2. the process of preparing such animation, as for films, cartoons, video games, etc.
    3. a product of such animation, as a film or cartoon.


animation

/ ˌæɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. liveliness; vivacity
  2. the condition of being alive
    1. the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons
    2. a variant of animated cartoon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • t·i·tDz noun
  • ԴDza··tDz noun
  • v·i·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of animation1

1590–1600; 1910–15 animation fordef 4; (< Middle French ) < Latin Ծپō- (stem of Ծپō a bestowing of life). See animate, -ion
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The host of life on ice includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, even microscopic animals like nematodes, some dead and some alive in suspended animation.

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Even where trees don't drop their leaves and the earth doesn't sleep under a blanket of snow, subtle changes may indicate a slowing, a retreat, a sense of suspended animation.

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Look for new animations that nod to the festivities peppered throughout the ride’s digital games.

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It’s an impulse that goes back to his time in film school, where Saxon began crafting maquettes of characters, which turned into learning how to do stop-motion animation and eventually into making puppets and prosthetics.

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Methods which McIlroy used to zone out included watching racy period drama Bridgerton - which he claimed he was talked into by wife Erica - and Disney animation Zootopia with his four-year-old daughter Poppy.

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