Definitions for animation

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animation an·i·ma·tion

Spelling: [an-uh-mey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃən/

Animation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 227 anagrams from letters in animation (aaiimnnot).

Definitions for animation

noun

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

Origin of animation

1590-1600; 1910-15 for def 4; (Middle French) Latin animātiōn- (stem of animātiō a bestowing of life). See animate, -ion

Examples for animation

"Precisely what I wanted to reach," said Mrs. Roberts, with animation.

The birds, with their various song, gave an air of populousness and animation to the grove.

Their animation was almost like the animation of a nightmare.

He claimed that his work as Genie was a favor to company, which he considered the “Rolls-Royce of animation.”

So it was fun to see how they strung those together and had the hybrid between live-action and animation.

We animated them in white on a black background then burned them into the rest of the animation.

The animation is beautifully rendered and the storytelling top notch even if the pacing is, at times, erratic.

Shooting entirely on film, Davis personally oversaw the animation of the specters at his production studios in Indiana.

The soldiers were all delighted; the animation in the camp was still more pronounced.

The animation of her face was clouded instantly as by a shadow of disappointment.