animation

noun6

1. •
   The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

   • […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame. — 1647
2. •
   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; vivacity; spiritedness

   • He recited the story with great animation.
4. •
   The condition of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive).

   • Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. — 1828
5. •
   Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.
6. •
   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." — 1992