Stagger

Starting the same motion on many things one after another instead of all at once.

See it in SVG path animator. Add a few paths, turn on Stagger paths, then press play.

In plain words

Twenty dots moving at the same moment look stiff. Start each one a little after the last, and the group seems to ripple. That short gap between starts is a stagger. Menus, lists and letters often appear this way. The gap is usually small, a few hundredths of a second.

Nearby

• Easing
• Keyframe
• Loop
• Interpolation
• Time step

Used by

• Dither playground
• Image shatter
• Mosaic engine
• Particle disperse
• Spectral transition
• SVG path animator