stick figure

noun

Definition of stick figure

1 : a drawing showing the head of a human being or animal as a circle and all other parts as straight lines

2 : a fictional character lacking depth and believability

Examples of stick figure in a Sentence

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Another picture has frowning stick figures behind what appears to be a chain-link fence. — Washington Post, "Migrant child drawings depict jail-like scenes of detention," 5 July 2019 In another, five stick figures stand inside a cage, while guards watch from the other side. — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, "Drawings by Migrant Children Depict Conditions in Border Patrol Detention Facilities," 5 July 2019 Then, the swap happens, with a neural network synthesizing video of the target individual based on the stick figure movements of source. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Deepfakes for dancing: you can now use AI to fake those dance moves you always wanted," 26 Aug. 2018 First, a video of the target is recorded, and a sub-program turns their movements into a stick figure. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Deepfakes for dancing: you can now use AI to fake those dance moves you always wanted," 26 Aug. 2018 The mason's marks carved into the quarry-stone lintels are stick figures and feather arrows, suggesting a pre-literate group of stone workers. — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, "Experts restore what might be oldest house in Mexico," 12 Sep. 2018 Then, a source video is found and a stick figure made of their movements. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Deepfakes for dancing: you can now use AI to fake those dance moves you always wanted," 26 Aug. 2018 This mixture of examples allowed the system to grasp the association between the radio signal and the stick figures of the people in the scene. — Saqib Shah, Fox News, "X-ray vision will soon give soldiers the ability to see through walls," 18 June 2018 Eventually, RF-Posed learned to produce a stick figure whenever its radio signals indicated the presence of a person. — Kate Baggaley /, NBC News, "Smart technology sees through walls to track and identify people," 8 July 2018

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