variants
or less commonly cell
: a transparent sheet of celluloid on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons
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Club 33 is an exclusive dining venue, which is furnished with props from Disney films, original animation cels, and art nouveau design features.
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
There are elements on backgrounds that are drawn as cels, the transparent sheets on which animators draw movable objects.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The bakery’s ‘threat of activation’ The bread on the shelves, the hanging clipboard, and the flowers in this shot were all drawn on animation cels.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
In December, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene-editing therapy for humans — a treatment for sickle cell disease, called Exa-cel, that was jointly developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston and CRISPR Therapeutics of Switzerland.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
There are elements on backgrounds that are drawn as cels, the transparent sheets on which animators draw movable objects.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The bakery’s ‘threat of activation’ The bread on the shelves, the hanging clipboard, and the flowers in this shot were all drawn on animation cels.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
In December, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene-editing therapy for humans — a treatment for sickle cell disease, called Exa-cel, that was jointly developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston and CRISPR Therapeutics of Switzerland.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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“Cel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cel. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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