animation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin animatio, from animare.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (WEAE) IPA: /æn.əˈme.ʃən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
[edit] Noun
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animation (plural animations)
- The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
- The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. --Bp. Hall.
- (animation, in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics.
- The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
- He recited the story with great animation.
- The condition of being animate or alive.
- Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. --Landor.
- (linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
- 1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291:
- "The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."
[edit] Synonyms
- airiness
- ardor
- buoyancy
- earnestness
- energy
- enthusiasm
- liveliness
- promptitude
- spirit
- sprightliness
- vivacity
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
The act of animating
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causing images to appear to move
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aaiimnnot
- amination
[edit] French
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animation f. (plural animations)
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for animation | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | animation | animationen | animationer | animationerna |
| Possessive form | animations | animationens | animationers | animationernas |
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