"technamation" meaning in All languages combined

See technamation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: technamations [plural]
Etymology: From a trademark of the 1950s, perhaps from technical animation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} technamation (countable and uncountable, plural technamations)
  1. (dated) A technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-technamation-en-noun-W8soWH7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1962, The school science review, volume 43, numbers 149-151",
          "text": "A spectacular new training facility has come into being with technamation[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Audiovisual instruction with/instructional resources, volume 8",
          "text": "[…]a demonstration of overhead projection and the technamation process by representatives of the Tecnifax Corporation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, Mary Eleanor Spear, Practical charting techniques",
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        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "revolving",
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        ],
        [
          "disc",
          "disc"
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        [
          "transparent",
          "transparent"
        ],
        [
          "plastic",
          "plastic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics."
      ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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