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pixilation

pixilation noun: a stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. Also the alternative form of pixelation.

Noun

pixilation (countable and uncountable, plural pixilations)

  1. A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.

Also used as

pixilation is also the alternative form of pixelation.

Forms of pixilation

pluralpixilations

Origin of pixilation

Blend of pixie + animation.

Originally a misspelling, which has become accepted.

Questions about pixilation

What does pixilation mean?
Pixilation means a stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.
What part of speech is pixilation?
Pixilation is a noun.
What is the plural of pixilation?
The plural of pixilation is pixilations.

Words near pixilation in the dictionary

  1. pixies
  2. pixilate
  3. pixilated
  4. pixilates
  5. pixilating
  6. pixilation
  7. pixilations
  8. pixillate
  9. pixillated
  10. pixillation
  11. pixillations

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