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animation 

n. Animation
1. A series of stills or "frames" played in a series to give what is best described as the illusion of movement

2. Movement of any kind

v. Animate
1. The act or process of creating movement or the illusion thereof

n. Animator
1. One who animates
2. Popularly used to describe workers in the cartoon or movie industries who, using either hand drawn art or computer art, create the illusion of movement.

adj. Animated
1. Acive or expressive; used to descibe one who is expresses their feelings or emotions using physical movement or exaggerated tones of voice

2. Tending to exhibit significant movement
1. Although the movie hoodwinked had an amazing story, the quality of the animation was horrible.

2. All things are animated - no object or organism can remain completely sedentary forever

1. Though my movies are not always top quality, I really enjoy animating.

1. Pixar studios has many accomplished animators

1. Many of my teachers are very animated; they exaggerate every feeling they have, waving their hands and nodding their heads

2. My igunana is not very animated; it sits in one place all day only blinking and ocasionally sticking out its tounge.
animation by Airec November 30, 2006
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Animation 

An art form that is used to make cartoons. It can be anything that involves lots of drawings in so many frames per second. Usually is draw in 2-D, and 3-D animation. It is used to tell a story with moving pictures.
"Have you seen the new episode of (insert animated show here)? It seems that their animation has gotten better!"
Animation by Flynn The Flyer June 17, 2018

animation 

An art term for cartoons. Can be anything that involves lots of drawings in so many frames per second. Usually is draw in 2-D, but lately 3-D animation like the Toy Story movies is becoming very popular.
Two major groups of animation are American and Japanese i.e. anime.
animation by Silent Greg April 10, 2004

animation 

1: the condition of living or the state of being alive
2:quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
3:the state of being animated
4: <graphics> The creation of artificial moving images
Animating action figures and calling itRobot Chicken” makes for a funny and strange animation.
animation by www.something.com April 8, 2005

Animation 

Multiple drawings put together to form a video. Never search up any popular game genre with “Animation” at the end. Please, I did, and there are things I can’t unsee.
McBob: “Check out this cool animation!”
Ronald: “Please, stop watching Monster School.”
Animation by dumbgenzguy April 30, 2023

Animation 

the action of drawing the same thing over and over again until it looks like it's moving. results in the de-attachment of a limb or red hands
His arm came off after creating an animation of a ball.
Animation by IntergalactalEnergy August 16, 2023

animation 

a creature that is not seen by humans but indeed found on scratch.mit.edu
im William the animation
animation by rayna406858 November 13, 2023