technamation

noun

technamation

noun

Etymology From a trademark of the 1950s, perhaps from technical animation.

1

Dated A technique used to create animations by passing polarized light through a revolving disc onto transparent plastics.

  • A spectacular new training facility has come into being with technamation[…]1962, The school science review, volume 43, numbers 149-151:
  • […]a demonstration of overhead projection and the technamation process by representatives of the Tecnifax Corporation.1963, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Audiovisual instruction with/instructional resources, volume 8:
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  • Large groups call for various types of projections; transparencies, films, filmstrips, technamations, slides, etc.1969, Mary Eleanor Spear, Practical charting techniques:

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