pixilation

[ 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 of pixilation

1
First recorded in 1945–50; (def. 1) pixilat(ed) + -ion; (def. 2) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation

Words Nearby pixilation

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