Tween

Quick meaning: Tween is a preposition meaning (animation) An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.

Meaning

(animation) An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.

More Meanings

1. (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.
2. A child, especially a girl, in the age range between middle childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age.
3. Of or relating to tweenagers.
4. (rare) A number or age in the twenties (plural only), or a person of that age.

Example Sentences

If you select the frames first, they will be replaced by the copied tween.

The two most important and advanced ingredients of today's animation are tweening and morphing.

Because the results of a shape tween can be unpredictable, you can set shape hints to let Flash know how to proceed with the tween.

The first parameter is the object that you want to tween, and the second parameter is the amount of time you want it to take in seconds.

Word Forms

• tweens
• tweening
• tweened

Synonyms for tween

Depending on context, synonyms include tweenager, tweener, tweenie, betweenager, preadolescent, prepubescent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decks, twixt, tweenification, morphing, tweener, blorphing.

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