Supermarionation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involving motorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.

Word forms

Supermarionation

Etymology

Blend of super + marionette + animation, coined by Gerry Anderson, possibly in imitation of Dynamation, Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion technique.

Related words

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