animated cartoon

[ an-uh-mey-tid kahr-toon ]

noun

1. a movie or television show, usually intended for children, created from static drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion.

animated cartoon

noun

1. a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly

Word History and Origins

Origin of animated cartoon¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Rowlandson's animated cartoon successfully includes all the diversities of the situation.

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One feature picture, one newsreel and one animated cartoon later, they walked past the plant again.

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Bart Simpson, the main character of the animated cartoon series of the same name, created by Matt Groening.

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Need the "movies" be the only ones to profit by the animated cartoon?

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Animated cartoon shorts have been better received by Western critics and audiences than have feature films.

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