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Supermarionation

Supermarionation proper noun: a puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involving motorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.

Proper noun

Supermarionation

  1. A puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involving motorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.

Origin of Supermarionation

Blend of super + marionette + animation, coined by Gerry Anderson, possibly in imitation of Dynamation, Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion technique.

Questions about Supermarionation

What does Supermarionation mean?
Supermarionation means a puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involving motorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.
What part of speech is Supermarionation?
Supermarionation is a proper noun.

Words near Supermarionation in the dictionary

  1. supermanoeuvrable
  2. Supermans
  3. supermanship
  4. supermarginal
  5. supermarine
  6. Supermarionation
  7. supermarionette
  8. supermarionettes
  9. supermarket
  10. supermarketeer
  11. supermarketeers

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