ANIMATION Definition & Meaning

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animation

[ an-uh-mey-shuhn ]

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noun

animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit:
to talk with animation.
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Antonyms:
an act or instance of animating or enlivening.
the state or condition of being animated.
Graphic Arts
1. a dynamic visual medium produced from static drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion.
2. the process of preparing such animation, as for films, cartoons, video games, etc.
3. a product of such animation, as a film or cartoon.

animation

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noun

liveliness; vivacity
the condition of being alive
1. the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons
2. a variant of animated cartoon

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of animation¹

1590–1600; 1910–15 animation fordef 4; (< Middle French ) < Latin ��Ծ��پ�ō��- (stem of ��Ծ��پ�ō a bestowing of life). See animate, -ion

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The rest of the shows on the mature animation block were comedies while “Cowboy Bebop” was anime, although unlike nearly anything else the genre’s American aficionados were accustomed to.

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The mix of animation, photography, projection and motion tangles up an array of lens-based media to dissect representations of the human body.

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And many worry about the technology replacing their jobs as AI is used to generate scripts, animation, locations, voices and human actors.

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“When you're a kid, even though you know animation isn't real, it's still hard to imagine that there was a human actor doing that voice,” said Roffman.

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And yes, the Democrats in Washington seem to be in a state of suspended animation.

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