<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit: to talk with animation.</li><li>Synonyms: sprightliness, exhilaration, ardor, enthusiasm, energy, vigor</li><li>Antonyms: sluggishness</li><li>an act or instance of animating or enlivening.</li><li>the state or condition of being animated.</li><li>Graphic Arts: a dynamic visual medium produced 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.</li><li>the process of preparing such animation, as for films, cartoons, video games, etc.</li><li>a product of such animation, as a film or cartoon.</li></ul>