Definition of animations Animations

/æˌnʌmejˈʃʌnz/ - [anumeyshunz] -

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What does animations mean?

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Noun Plural: animations
animation - quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
		spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
		activeness, activity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
		chirpiness cheerful and lively
animation - 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"
		life, living, aliveness
		beingness, being, existence the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
		eternal life, life eternal life without beginning or end
		skin an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
animation - the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed"
		vitality
		animateness, liveness, aliveness the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
animation - the making of animated cartoons
animation - the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
		vivification, invigoration
		activating, energizing, activation the activity of causing to have energy and be active
animation - general activity and motion
		liveliness
		activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

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animation (Noun)
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
animation (Noun)
The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics.
animation (Noun)
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness.
animation (Noun)
The condition of being animate or alive.
animation (Noun)
Conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category.

animation (n.)
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
animation (n.)
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.

animation
Film technology for which drawings and objects are recorded in such a way that it seems they move.

Animation is a way of making a movie from many still images. The images are put together one after another, and then played at a fast speed to give the appearance of movement. Most animations are played at a speed of twenty-four to sixty images per second. Each image becomes one frame of the movie.

A person who makes animations is called an "animator."

Overview.

Because it is expensive to make, most animation comes from professional companies. However, independent animators have existed since the 1950s in America, with many of those people entering the professional industry. In Europe, the independent movement has existed since the 1910s, with animators like pre-revolutionary Russia's Ladislas Starevich and Germany's Lotte Reiniger.

On the internet, many people use a computer program called Flash to create animations. Flash uses a combination of drawing and computer graphics to make animations. Many animations on the internet are made in Flash. Most animators on the internet do not work for professional companies.

On television, limited animation is used a lot. It is used by popular companies such as UPA and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Simple, limited movement makes the images easier to draw, which lowers the cost of making animations and makes the production of animation faster.