animation

/รฆn.ษ™หˆmeษช.สƒษ™n/

IPA: /AE0 N AH0 M EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

  2. 2

    (in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) so produced

  3. 3

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

    โ€œHe recited the story with great animation.โ€

  4. 4

    The condition of being animate or alive.

  5. 5

    Conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animation