Word of the Day - morph

morph

/mɔːf/ [morf]
verb
1 Change smoothly from one image to another by small gradual steps using computer animation techniques.
with object - ‘the characters can be morphed on screen’
1.1 Undergo or cause to undergo a gradual process of transformation.
no object - ‘the cute moppet has morphed into the moody moll of the indie world’
noun
1 An image that has been morphed.
1.1 An instance of morphing an image.

Origin
1990s element from metamorphosis.

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GIF animations are accomplished using a sequence of separate images which morph to appear like a movie.