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pixilation
[ pik-suh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- the state or quality of being pixilated.
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of pixilation1
First recorded in 1945–50; pixilation ( def 1 ) pixilat(ed) ( def ) + -ion; pixilation ( def 2 ) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation
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