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pix•i•la•tion
(pik′sə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Cinemathe state or quality of being pixilated.
- Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]animation of people, where performers change their positions slightly between exposures of one or two frames each, to obtain a comic effect of jerky movement when the film is projected at normal speed.
- 1945–50; (in def. 1) pixilate + -ion; (in def. 2) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation