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animation

[an-uh-mey-shuhn]

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noun

animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit: to talk with animation.

an act or instance of animating or enlivening.

the state or condition of being animated.

the process of preparing animated cartoons.

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

Related forms

in·ter·an·i·ma·tion, noun

non·an·i·ma·tion, noun

o·ver·an·i·ma·tion, noun

Synonyms
1. vigor, energy; enthusiasm, ardor; exhilaration, sprightliness.

Antonyms
1. sluggishness.

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Example Sentences

IF you are planning to make an animated commercial, you might go to one of the traditional animation houses.

So maybe my bizarre sense of animation came from gratefulness.

By default, the animation shows where the bodies are at the time shown in the bottom left corner of the animation window.

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IF you are planning to make an animated commercial, you might go to one of the traditional animation houses.

So maybe my bizarre sense of animation came from gratefulness.

By default, the animation shows where the bodies are at the time shown in the bottom left corner of the animation window.

Suspended animation might save lives or permit long-distance space travel.

For one thing, the quality of the show's animation is uneven.

Skillfully incorporating sound into your animation can guarantee your project's success.

Sifteo cubes offer a huge range of games through animation and gravity simulation.

The former animation instructor isn't buying that explanation.

Even bacteria that cause strep throat can be beautiful, as seen in the above animation of the body's immune system response.

Click on the picture for a short animation of this form of stellar demise.

From his first moments, the calf charmed the keepers, waving his tiny trunk with animation.

Despite the creative freedom it offers, adult animation is not entirely exempt from external forces.

He was an artist-in-residence at numerous schools and taught filmmaking and animation techniques.

Ask them to read this page and look at the animation.

It's been described to me as paintings that move, as opposed to linear animation.

In this short film, iPads create three-dimensional images out of light, using long-exposure photography and stop-motion animation.

EBay has released an experimental new desktop client which adds animation and dynamic graphics to searching, browsing and bidding.

Computer-generated animation is becoming more commonplace in the courtroom.

Breer, a painter by training, turned to animation after making flip books and stop-action films.

Traditional motion-capture animation involves putting optical or magnetic markers on a real person in a studio.

Other web-savvy surfers designed a version of the baby tossing back a drink while others set the original animation to music.

But there's no doubt that the animation scene on television these days is glistening with vitality.

Pixar itself started life making computer parts and only dabbled in animation as a sideline.

She remains in suspended animation throughout the mating process, then returns to normal after the male retreats.

SpaceX released a video animation of its proposed reusable rocket and space capsule system to illustrate how it would work.

Computer animation and the trend towards adult-oriented stories have done wonders for modern cartoons.

They also gave up trying to get reality television and animation covered by union terms.

It would be nice to see an animation of this process.

The final product allows animation to be composited into computer-generated environments in real-time.

The frogs, however, enter a state of suspended animation.

Through elaborate recreations and computer animation along with.

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World English Dictionary

animation (ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən)

—n
1.	liveliness; vivacity
2.	the condition of being alive
3.	a. the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons
	b. a variant of animated cartoon

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Word Origin & History

animation

1590s, "action of imparting life," from L. animationem (nom. animatio), noun of action from animatus, pp. of animare (see animate). Meaning "vitality" is from 1610s. Cinematographic sense is from 1912.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

animation an·i·ma·tion (ān'ə-mā'shən)
n.

The state of being alive.
Liveliness; high spirits.

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Computing Dictionary

animation definition

graphics
The creation of artificial moving images.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.graphics.animation. FAQ (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/comp.graphics.animation).
(1995-11-24)

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