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 Definitions of Animation  [ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'Animation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) animation
animated quality; liveliness.

2.  animation
an act or instance of animating.

3.  animation
the state or condition of being animated.

4.  animation
the process of preparing animated cartoons.

5.  animation
animated cartoon.

6.  animation
a motion picture similar to an animated cartoon but using photographs of dolls, robots, etc., instead of drawings.

Etymology:  (1590–1600)

Definition of 'Animation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) animation, life, living, aliveness
the condition of living or the state of being alive
"while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

2. (noun) animation, vitality
the property of being able to survive and grow
"the vitality of a seed"

3. (noun) animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

4. (noun) vivification, invigoration, animation
the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

5. (noun) animation
the making of animated cartoons

6. (noun) liveliness, animation
general activity and motion


Definition of 'Animation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Animation
the act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive

2. (noun) Animation
the state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation


Definition of 'Animation' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Animation
A film or video wholly or partially created by photographing drawings, sculptures, or other inanimate things in sequence to create the illusion of motion. Animations are also generated by computers. (From Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms, 1988)



'Animation' - Nearby Entries  

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