pixilation

[ pik-suh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being pixilated.
2. Movies. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pixilation¹

First recorded in 1945–50; pixilation ( def 1 ) pixilat(ed) ( def ) + -ion; pixilation ( def 2 ) pixil(ated) + (anim)ation