Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Animation \An`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. animatio, fr. animare.]
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The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame.
--Bp. Hall.Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.
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The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.
Syn: Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia. 2 (context science fiction English) The deliberate slowing of the body's functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long interstellar journeys.
WordNet
n. a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia
Wikipedia
Suspended animation is the slowing or stopping of life processes by exogenous or endogenous means without termination. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means.
Tiny organisms (e.g. embryos up to eight cells) can be cryogenically preserved and revived. Some have been kept in suspended animation for as long as 13 years.
Placing astronauts in suspended animation has been proposed as one way for an individual to reach the end of an interstellar or intergalactic journey, avoiding the necessity for a gigantic generation ship; occasionally the two concepts have been combined, with generations of "caretakers" supervising a large population of frozen passengers.
Since the 1970s, induced hypothermia has been performed for some open-heart surgeries as an alternative to heart-lung machines. Hypothermia, however, provides only a limited amount of time in which to operate and there is a risk of tissue and brain damage for prolonged periods.
Suspended Animation is the fourth studio album by American experimental band Fantômas. It is a concept album that incorporates a dual theme of cartoon sounds/music as well as paying tribute to obscure and dubious holidays throughout the month of April.
Suspended Animation is a studio album by Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci, released independently in 2005 through Sound Mind Music. The songs "Glasgow Kiss" and "Damage Control" have been played during the G3 tour, and are featured as openers to the 2005 DVD and live album G3: Live in Tokyo. Some releases of the album have "Curve" split into two separate tracks, with the majority of the song on track six and the latter portion on track seven. On these editions, "Lost Without You" and "Animate-Inanimate" form tracks eight and nine respectively. The correct track listing, without the aforementioned anomalies, is shown below.
Suspended animation may refer to:
- the slowing of life processes by external means without termination
- mammalian suspended animation
- other examples of dormancy
- Suspended Animation (The Monks album), a 1981 punk album by The Monks
- Suspended Animation (John Petrucci album), a 2005 album by John Petrucci
- Suspended Animation (Fantômas album), a 2005 album by Fantômas
- Suspended Animation (Esham album), a 2010 album by Esham
Suspended Animation is a 2001 film directed by John D. Hancock.
Suspended Animation is the twelfth studio album by Esham. It was released on August 3, 2010 on Reel Life Productions. On December 7, Esham released a follow-up EP, Subatomic Jetpack. It was not an extended version of the album, but a standalone disc containing 32 additional tracks from the recording sessions.
Suspended Animation is an album by The Monks, released in 1981 in Canada on the Polydor label. In Germany it was released on CBS.
This album was the follow-up to the band's debut album, Bad Habits. The songs are composed by Richard Hudson, John Ford, and Terry Cassidy.
The album was reissued in the U.K., on CD for the first time, on August 24, 1999 on the Resurgent label. It was released yet again on January 12, 2009 on Angel Air Records. The re-released versions of the album featured six additional songs, from the band's never-completed third album, Cybernetic Sister.
In 2004, John Ford featured "Suspended Animation" on his solo album Backtracking, released on Whole Shot Records.
Usage examples of "suspended animation".
He turned and it was Kit Bradenton, clad only in absurd yellow underpants, his poet's pot hanging over the waistband like an avalanche held in suspended animation.
If Caroline Martin had not been condemned to space, if she had not known the secret of suspended animation, if that suspended animation had not failed to suspend thought, if Herb had not seen the flash that revealed the presence of the shell, if he, himself, had been unable to revive the girl, if Kingsley had not been curious about why cosmic rays should form a definite pattern.
Him and his sparkling cloak embedded in his flesh, making him look like a machine himself-I'll be grateful to go back into suspended animation for the rest of the voyage, so I don't have to look at him.
The Oankali modified me, Lilith told her, so that I can control the walls and the suspended animation plants.
We were to spend the afternoon in a last-minute briefing, then be prepped for suspended animation and shuttled up to the Time Warp as part of the baggage.
We kept our word and did not kill him, but placed him in the suspended animation in which he lay for so long.