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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animation Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion.

learned borrowing from animatiō

Definitions

1
The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
- […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.
A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create…
A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced
3
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
- He recited the story with great animation.
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1. 4
  The condition of being animate or alive.
  - Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.
2. 5
  conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
  - "The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."
3. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement,…
  Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

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Derived

animalcule, animalesque, animalhood, animalian, animalicide, animalish, animalism, animalivore, animalivorous, animalize, animalkind, animally, animalness, animaloid, animation meme, animation studio, antianimal, companimal, deanimation, disanimation, humanimal, interanimal, intraanimal, koranimal, microanimal, multianimal, nonanimal, physically based animation, planimal, reanimation, semianimal, stop-go animation, superanimal, suspended animation, time series animation, vegetoanimal, vegeto-mineral, wereanimal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at animation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at animation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at animation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.