"keyframe" meaning in All languages combined

See keyframe on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: keyframes [plural]
Etymology: key + frame Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|frame}} key + frame Head templates: {{en-noun}} keyframe (plural keyframes)
  1. A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened. Translations (a single frame in an animation): 鍵架 (Chinese Mandarin), 键架 (jiànjià) (Chinese Mandarin), avainpiirros (Finnish), image clé (French), quadro-chave [masculine] (Portuguese), fotograma-chave [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-noun-G90TfMiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of 'a single frame in an animation': 89 11
  2. (computer graphics) A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video compression Synonyms (complete video frame): reference frame, intraframe Translations (complete frame used as a reference for interframes): 關鍵格 (Chinese Mandarin), 关键格 (guānjiàngé) (Chinese Mandarin), 鍵架 (Chinese Mandarin), 键架 (jiànjià) (Chinese Mandarin), avainkuva (Finnish), avainruutu (Finnish), image clé [feminine] (French), quadro-chave [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-noun-KhZjI4nx Disambiguation of Video compression: 4 83 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 44 33 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'complete video frame': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'complete frame used as a reference for interframes': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key frame Related terms: interframe, I-frame, B-frame, P-frame

Verb [English]

Forms: keyframes [present, singular, third-person], keyframing [participle, present], keyframed [participle, past], keyframed [past]
Etymology: key + frame Etymology templates: {{compound|en|key|frame}} key + frame Head templates: {{en-verb}} keyframe (third-person singular simple present keyframes, present participle keyframing, simple past and past participle keyframed)
  1. To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.
    Sense id: en-keyframe-en-verb-K0HK4UNi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 42 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: key frame

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for keyframe meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)

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