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animation-vocabulary

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Reverse-lookup glossary that turns a vague description of a web animation or motion effect into its exact term ("the bouncy thing when a popover opens" → Pop in; "the iOS rubber-band scroll" → Rubber-banding). Use when the user asks "what's it called when…", or describes a motion effect without knowing its name and wants the right word to prompt an AI or designer with. For naming an effect, not designing or building one.

When to use

• Naming motion effects
• Reverse-lookup glossary
• Identifying animation terms
• Disambiguating close terms
• Mapping sensations to glossary terms

When not to use

• Designing animations
• Building animations
• Inventing new terms

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