technamation

English

Etymology

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

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.
   • 1962, The school science review, volume 43, numbers 149-151:

     A spectacular new training facility has come into being with technamation […]

   • 1963, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Audiovisual instruction with/instructional resources, volume 8:

     […] a demonstration of overhead projection and the technamation process by representatives of the Tecnifax Corporation.

   • 1969, Mary Eleanor Spear, Practical charting techniques:

     Large groups call for various types of projections; transparencies, films, filmstrips, technamations, slides, etc.