animator

Everyday

An animator is a person who makes animated films, cartoons or computer games by creating moving pictures. tree →

In the lessons

In art, computing and careers lessons, animators draw, model in clay or use computers to make characters move frame by frame; big films need hundreds of animators. Some children learn animation with flip books, stop-motion and coding apps.

Examples

• She wants to be an animator when she grows up. tree →
• Animators drew thousands of pictures for the film. tree →
• The animator moved the clay model a little for each photo. tree →
• Computer animators make characters in games. tree →
• Our class became animators for a day. tree →
• The animator's job is to make drawings seem alive. tree →

Note

Countable; use an: an animator. Ends in -or. Related: animate, animation, animated.

In Jewish tradition

In this old translation it means something that gives life or love, set against the "destroyers".

Interpretation. The text sets twelve simple letters at war, some bringing love and life and others hatred and destruction, showing that opposites are part of the world.

Examples

• There are twelve which are all the time at war; three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destroyers. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• There are twelve which are all the time at war ; three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destroyers. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Countable; use an: an animator. Ends in -or. Related: animate, animation, animated.