Definition of animation
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: animated cartoon
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: 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 video, directed by Chris Hopewell, uses stop-motion animation to show the singer's journey down the River Styx on the Grim Reaper's boat.
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Walt Disney Co animation head and co-founder of Pixar John Lasseter, regarded as a modern day Walt Disney because of his creativity and commercial success, will leave at the end of the year, the company said on Friday.
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Ruscha’s wife, Danna, is an effervescent former animation artist.
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This series of shorts combines live-action footage with stop-motion animation to tell bite-size origin stories of four dog breeds, with vocal talent including the comedians Fred Armisen and Lewis Black.
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Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is moving into animation.
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Magic maker: Danielle Feinberg of Pixar will talk about the animation company’s many successes at 8 p.m. May 4 at Fermilab Ramsey Auditorium in Batavia.
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Laika makes its movies in an old-fashioned style known as stop-motion animation, which involves shooting puppets a single frame at a time to simulate movement.
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The group meets in the Computer Lab in the Children's Department and works on stop motion animation films that will be uploaded to the library's YouTube account.
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First Known Use of animation
1597
animation Synonyms
Synonyms
briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, lustiness, peppiness, robustness, sprightliness, vibrance, vibrancy, vigorousness, vitality;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
languidness, languor, lethargy, limpness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, spiritlessness, torpidity, torpor, weariness;
dullness (also dulness), pallidness, tediousness, tedium, vapidity, vapidness;
Related Words
buoyancy, jauntiness, springiness;
brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, chirpiness, effervescence, friskiness, pizzazz (or pizazz), sparkle, spirit, verve, vivaciousness, vivacity;
eagerness, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness;
ANIMATION Defined for English Language Learners
Definition 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
Definition of animation for Students
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: a lively or excited quality
- She spoke with animation about her trip.
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: a way of making a movie by using slightly different pictures that when shown quickly in a series create the appearance of movement
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