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tween | between |

As nouns the difference between tween and between

is that tween is an action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening while between is a kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.

As a verb tween

is to generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.

As a preposition between is

in the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See the Usage notes below..

tween

English

(wikipedia tween)

Etymology 1

Contraction of between.

Noun

(s)
  • (animation) An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.
  • * 2004 , Andy Anderson, Mark Del Lima, Steve Johnson, Show Me Macromedia Flash MX 2004 , page 237,
    • Because the results of a shape tween' can be unpredictable, you can set shape hints to let Flash know how to proceed with the ' tween .
  • * 2009 , Keith Butters, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash CS4 Professional , page 186,
    • A tween' is a method of creating animation, where you tell Flash where to start and where to end, and Flash does all the work in the middle. There are three types of ' tweens : Classic, Shape, and Motion.
  • * 2009 , Rich Shupe, Learning Flash CS4 Professional , page 129,
    • If you select the frames first, they will be replaced by the copied tween .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.
  • * 2004 , D. P. Mukherjee, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics and Multimedia , page 117,
    • The two most important and advanced ingredients of today's animation are tweening and morphing.
  • * 2005 , Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leete, Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies , page 191,
    • Simple motion tweening' moves your objects in a straight line from here to there.You can also combine frame-by-frame animation with ' tweened animation.
  • * 2012 , Christopher Griffith, Real-World Flash Game Development , 2nd Edition, page 113,
    • The first parameter is the object that you want to tween , and the second parameter is the amount of time you want it to take in seconds.
    Derived terms
    * tweener

    Etymology 2

    .

    Cardinal number

    (s)
  • (nonce word) A number in the twenties, or from 23 to 32.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title=The Fellowship of the Ring , author=JRR Tolkien , page=44 , year=1955 (1974) , passage=At that time Frodo was still in his tweens , as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and the coming of age at thirty-three.}}

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (s)
  • A person who is neither a young child nor an adolescent, one of an age in the range of 8 to 12 years old or a similar range.
  • * 2002 March 2, Billboard , Volume 114, Number 9, page 70,
    • When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
  • * 2004 , Lisa Johnson, Andrea Learned, Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy--And How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market , page 5,
    • This grade school thinking forgets that tweens are one of the most sophisticated groups of consumers in the marketplace, and that kids this age have zero tolerance for being treated like children.
  • * 2011', Hollie Smith, ''You and Your '''Tween : Managing the years from 9 to 13 , Netmums, unnumbered page,
    • However, if we worry too much about feeding our tweens , and if we show them we're worried, we could be passing on some unhealthy messages.
    Derived terms
    *
    Synonyms
    * pre-teen

    Anagrams

    *

    between

    English

    Alternative forms

    * betweene (archaic) * betwene (archaic) * (abbreviation)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See the Usage notes below.)
  • :
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  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between ; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
  • Done together or reciprocally.
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  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
  • Shared in confidence.
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  • In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
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  • Combined (by effort or ownership).
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  • One of (representing a choice).
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    • Usage notes

    * Some groups of non-native speakers confuse between'' and ''among''. It is sometimes said that ''between'' usually applies to two things, while ''among'' applies to more than two things. This is not correct; according to the Oxford English Dictionary (quoted at http://eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/chesson/between_and_among.htm) "In all senses, ''between'' has been, from its earliest appearance, extended to more than two. In OE. and ME. it was so extended in sense 1, in which ''among'' is now considered better. It is still the only word available to express the relation of a thing to many surrounding things severally and individually, ''among expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely: we should not say ‘the space lying among the three points,’ or ‘a treaty among three powers,’ or ‘the choice lies among the three candidates in the select list,’ or ‘to insert a needle among the closed petals of a flower".

    Synonyms

    * atween (archaic) * atwix

    Derived terms

    * (between)

    See also

    * betwixt * among

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.

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    Anagrams

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