animatronics
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- noun
- /ˌænɪməˈtrɒnɪks/
- Specialized
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animatrónica
- The theme park featured stunning animatronics that brought the dinosaurs to life for visitors.
- Audio animatronics
- animatronics in Disney
So it has more animatronics and more effects.
- So it has more animatronics and more effects.
- I wanted to greet people like, you know, like animatronics, like, I'll be a terrified funeral.
Examples
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HAMMOND: No, we don't have any animatronics here.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's replacing the American movie classics, the old animatronic ride going through them.
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So it has more animatronics and more effects.
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No, we have no animatronics here.
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Are these characters (people) animatronics?
Fiction book (1993) -
And we couldn't afford to create real animatronics, so we actually had little people inside those costumes, doing the dance.
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Well, it's animatronics, Dennis.
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But the animatronics we've encountered just add decoration rather than interfere with the play of the hole.
Blog text (17) -
You either have to use footage from someone else shooting the animal, do it with animatronics and stuffed animals, or, as in Avatar, you use computer graphics.
Blog text (31) -
While Scott was still working on the movie, he commissioned animatronics experts Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff to create a test reel, showing how they would create the post-apocalyptic monsters so central to the story.
Blog text (7)
How Lifelike
Surface Forms
Morphology
animatronics = animatronic (transparent) = animate + tronic + s
The field name is transparently derived from the recognizable base 'animatronic' (animate + combining form '-tronic') with a plural/field-forming -s, so learners familiar with 'animate' and 'electronics' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word animatronics comes from joining animate ('alive') and electronics ('machines that use electricity'). So, it means using electronic machines to make figures look or act alive, like the moving creatures you see in films and theme parks.