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.

Origin:
1945–50; (in def 1) pixilate + -ion; (in def 2) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation

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pixilated or pixillated (ˈpɪksɪˌleɪtɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  eccentric or whimsical
2.  slang drunk
 
[C20: from pixie + -lated, as in stimulated, titillated, etc]
 
pixillated or pixillated
 
adj
 
[C20: from pixie + -lated, as in stimulated, titillated, etc]
 
pixi'lation or pixillated
 
n
 
pixil'lation or pixillated
 
n

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Pixilation is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Digital images that are grainy or show pixilation cannot be accepted for judging.
The laser design utilizes high density gain pixilation introduced by small proton-implanted current confinement apertures.
With this solution, voters can enlarge fonts onscreen without pixilation by using the zoom function.
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