Definition of animation
1 : the act of animating : the state of being animate or animated
2 : animated cartoon
3 : the preparation of animated cartoons
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Examples of animation in a Sentence
The animation for the film took over two years to complete.
The studio used computer animation for some of the special effects.
The Web site has hundreds of animations you can download.
Recent Examples of animation from the Web
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The sarcastic quips from McCabe make the animation feel more three-dimensional.
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Tencent owns China’s biggest online music, online literature, online comics and animation businesses.
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A USGS animation shows a gash in the hillside a third of a mile across and more than 1,000 feet high.
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With animation and superheroes overcrowding the multiplex, the burnout factor looms large for an animated superhero.
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Animation fans could once again join the Warner brothers (and the Warner sister Dot) on their hilarious adventures.
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An animation teacher at Tesoro High School in Orange County was charged Tuesday with possessing hundreds of pornographic videos and images depicting children, according to court records.
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Hundreds of fans of anime, or Japanese animation, turned out to the Grove Plaza and Boise Centre over Memorial Day weekend to attend Anime Oasis, a convention celebrating artists, actors and more.
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The new development firmly keeps the property on the animation track.
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First Known Use of animation
1597
ANIMATION Defined for English Language Learners
animation
playDefinition of animation for English Language Learners
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: a lively or excited quality
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: a way of making a movie by using a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of objects (such as puppets or models) that are slightly different from one another and that when viewed quickly one after another create the appearance of movement
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: a movie or brief scene that is made this way
ANIMATION Defined for Kids
animation
playDefinition of animation for Students
1 : a lively or excited quality She spoke with animation about her trip.
2 : a way of making a movie by using slightly different pictures that when shown quickly in a series create the appearance of movement
Medical Dictionary
animation
playMedical Definition of animation
: the state of being animate or animated—see suspended animation
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