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machinima

UK/məˈʃɪnɪmə/

machinima noun: the rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.

Noun

machinima (countable and uncountable, plural machinimas or machinima)

  1. The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
    • Fiona's been off at some kind of anime camp in New Jersey – Quake movies and machinima workshops, Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond ‘awesome’ and ‘sucks’, which for a vast range of human endeavor, actually, is more than enough…2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 135
  2. (uncountable) The genre of films created by such techniques.

machinima meaning in Tamil

machinima in Tamil

மரபுவழி உயிரூட்டல் படம்

Forms of machinima

pluralmachinimas
pluralmachinima

Origin of machinima

Blend of machine + cinema.

Words formed from machinima

Questions about machinima

What does machinima mean?
Machinima means the rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
What is machinima in Tamil?
Machinima in Tamil is மரபுவழி உயிரூட்டல் படம். See Machinima meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is machinima?
Machinima is a noun.
How do you pronounce machinima?
Machinima is pronounced /məˈʃɪnɪmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of machinima?
The plural of machinima is machinimas.

Words near machinima in the dictionary

  1. machinification
  2. machinified
  3. machinifies
  4. machinify
  5. machinifying
  6. machinima
  7. machinimas
  8. machinimator
  9. machinimators
  10. machinimist
  11. machinimists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: machinima (page history and authors); machinima (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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