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animatronic

animatronic

8 7.0
Made with small machines so models move like real people or animals
  • adjective
  • /ˌænɪməˈtrɒnɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : animatrónico
  • The genius who created Fazbear Entertainment opened Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria to indulge in his two greatest passions: family-friendly fun and cutting-edge animatronic technology.
  • animatronic dinosaur
  • animatronic puppet
  • animatronic figure

And you know, maybe an animatronic tale with kind of cords that pull it so it can flick around.

Examples

  • You can't put an animatronic animal in a zoo!

    Fierce Creatures (1997)

  • In addition to the underwater areas and tanks you would expect to see, they had a special exhibit of animatronic dinosaurs.

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  • We had to do a complete suit with an animatronic head.

    Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015)

  • We were hoping to have animatronic head, all the functions in the head and the arms.

  • But his head is fully animatronic, his mouth, his eyes, his eyelids and his neck.

  • For display purposes, the Prius Luxes even included an extremely creepy animatronic baby in the child seat.

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  • Charles Baker works the arm of an animatronic snowman he constructed with Brandon Guthrie at the request of Baker's granddaughter.

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  • Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury, Downwind From Gettysburg is a futuristic story of an animatronic Abraham Lincoln being unveiled in a museum at Gettysburg.

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  • At the theme park, visitors were amazed by the animatronic dinosaur that moved and roared just like a real one.

  • The film featured an animatronic character that performed lifelike movements, captivating the audience throughout the show.

Synonyms

robotic
vsanimatronic
58 4.6

Made like a machine that works by itself

focuses on using machine technology to make lifelike movements for entertainment

Antonyms

static
45 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

How Lifelike

lifelike
22 3.9
animatronic
  • Specialized
8 7.0
robotic
58 4.6
mechanical
39 3.9

Surface Forms

animatronic positive

Morphology

animatronic = animat + tronic

The term 'animatronic' is a blend of 'animation' and 'electronic', but neither 'animat' nor 'tronic' are standalone English words, making it opaque.

Etymology

Animatronic comes from joining animate and electronic, where animate means 'to give life' and electronic refers to machines and circuits. So, animatronic describes something made with electronic parts to seem alive or to move like a living thing.