Meanings
nouncinetization (plural cinetizations)
plural cinetizations · alternative cinetisation
- artA distorted image created by removing portions of an original image and reassembling the remainder at disjointed angles.
For example, cinetizations of the Pan Am Building or the George Washington Bridge show these structures in a state of collapse.
1978, Linda Konheim Kramer, Prints from the Guggenheim Museum Collection, page 12
Origin
- Frenchcinétisation
- Englishcinetization
From French cinétisation.
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