Cel

Alternative forms

• cell

Origin

From celluloid, by shortening

Full definition of cel

Noun

1. A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
• 2008, June 22, Michael Hirschorn, Success Story 2, After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney , then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.

Derived terms

• cel shading

Anagrams

• ECL
• LEC