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Pixilation

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pix⋅i⋅la⋅tion

  [pik-suh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. the state or quality of being pixilated.
2. Movies. animation of people, where performers change their positions slightly between exposures of one or two frames each, to obtain a comic effect of jerky movement when the film is projected at normal speed.
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Origin:
1945–50; (in def. 1) pixilate + -ion; (in def. 2) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation
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pix·i·lat·ed or pix·il·lat·ed   (pĭk'sə-lā'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Behaving as if mentally unbalanced; very eccentric.

  2. Whimsical; prankish.

  3. Slang Intoxicated; drunk.


[From pixie.]
pix'i·la'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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