technamation
technamation noun: a technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics.
Noun
technamation (countable and uncountable, plural technamations)
- A technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics.
- A spectacular new training facility has come into being with technamation[…]1962, The school science review, volume 43, numbers 149-151
- […]a demonstration of overhead projection and the technamation process by representatives of the Tecnifax Corporation.1963, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Audiovisual instruction with/instructional resources, volume 8
Forms of technamation
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Origin of technamation
From a trademark of the 1950s, perhaps from technical animation.
Questions about technamation
- What does technamation mean?
- Technamation means a technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics.
- What part of speech is technamation?
- Technamation is a noun.
- What is the plural of technamation?
- The plural of technamation is technamations.
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