Definitions for animation
ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃənan·i·ma·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. animation, life, living, alivenessnoun

   the condition of living or the state of being alive

   "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

2. animation, vitalitynoun

   the property of being able to survive and grow

   "the vitality of a seed"

3. animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivificationnoun

   quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

4. vivification, invigoration, animationnoun

   the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

5. animationnoun

   the making of animated cartoons

6. liveliness, animationnoun

   general activity and motion

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. animationnoun

   The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

2. animationnoun

   The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics.

3. animationnoun

   The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

4. animationnoun

   The condition of being animate or alive.

   Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. --Landor.

5. animationnoun

   conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

6. Etymology: From animatio, from animare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Animationnoun

   Etymology: from animate.

   1. The act of animating or enlivening.

   Plants or vegetables are the principal part of the third day’s work. They are the first producat, which is the word of animation. Francis Bacon, Natural History, cent. v.

   2. The state of being enlivened.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Animation

   Animation is a method in which pictures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets or clay figures. Commonly the effect of animation is achieved by a rapid succession of sequential images that minimally differ from each other. The illusion—as in motion pictures in general—is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon and beta movement, but the exact causes are still uncertain. Analog mechanical animation media that rely on the rapid display of sequential images include the phénakisticope, zoetrope, flip book, praxinoscope and film. Television and video are popular electronic animation media that originally were analog and now operate digitally. For display on the computer, techniques like animated GIF and Flash animation were developed. Animation is more pervasive than many people realise. Apart from short films, feature films, animated gifs and other media dedicated to the display of moving images, animation is also heavily used for video games, motion graphics and special effects. Animation is also prevalent in information technology interfaces.The physical movement of image parts through simple mechanics – in for instance the moving images in magic lantern shows – can also be considered animation. The mechanical manipulation of puppets and objects to emulate living beings has a very long history in automata. Automata were popularised by Disney as animatronics. Animators are artists who specialize in creating animation.

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1. animation

   Animation is a method in filmmaking where images or objects are manipulated or given the illusion of movement in a sequential manner. This can be achieved through various forms such as traditional animation, computer animation, stop-motion, or by means of 3D or 2D graphics. The process of creating animation can involve drawing individual frames, using models, or generating images digitally.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Animationnoun

   the act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive

2. Animationnoun

   the state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Animation

   Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of movement. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although there are other methods. This type of presentation is usually accomplished with a camera and a projector or a computer viewing screen which can rapidly cycle through images in a sequence. Animation can be made with either hand rendered art, computer generated imagery, or three-dimensional objects, e.g., puppets or clay figures, or a combination of techniques. The position of each object in any particular image relates to the position of that object in the previous and following images so that the objects each appear to fluidly move independently of one another. The viewing device displays these images in rapid succession, usually 24, 25, or 30 frames per second.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Animation

   A film or video wholly or partially created by photographing drawings, sculptures, or other inanimate things in sequence to create the illusion of motion. Animations are also generated by computers. (From Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms, 1988)

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1. animation

   Song lyrics by animation -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by animation on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Activeness
   • Activity
   • Animateness
   • Being
   • Energizing
   • Filming

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Anagrams for animation »

1. amination

How to pronounce animation?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

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   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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How to say animation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of animation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of animation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of animation in a Sentence

1. Creator Mike Spalla:

   Well Jingle Cats was such a big hit when it first came out in 1993. It was an album of real cats singing 20 Christmas songs and it was nine cats, this year ... it's going to be a Jingle Cats movie completely done in 'claymation' and it's turning out pretty funny ... the music is really an animation and so with animated characters it works very well.

2. Steve Jobs:

   We believe it's the biggest advance in animation since Walt Disney started it all with the release of Snow White 50 years ago.

3. Link Starbureiy:

   An animation of real variables proves that the mathematical model is true.

4. Richard Burton:

   False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

5. Walt Disney:

   Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=animation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Animation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=animation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=animation
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=animation