/pik'seuh lay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the state or quality of being pixilated.
2. Motion Pictures. animation of people, where performers change their positions slightly between exposures of one or two frames each, to obtain a comic effect of jerky movement when the film is projected at normal speed.
[ 1945-50; (in def. 1) PIXILATE + -ION; (in def. 2) PIXIL(ATED) + (ANIM)ATION ]