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slow motion

1

noun

  1. the process or technique of filming or taping a motion-picture or television sequence at an accelerated rate of speed and then projecting or replaying it at normal speed so that the action appears to be slowed down.
  2. the effect thus created.


slow-motion

2

[ sloh-moh-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to or made in slow motion:

    a slow-motion replay.

  2. moving or proceeding at a strikingly slow rate:

    slow-motion progress toward a settlement.

slow motion

noun

  1. films television action that is made to appear slower than normal by passing the film through the taking camera at a faster rate than normal or by replaying a video tape recording more slowly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. films television of or relating to such action
  2. moving or functioning at less than usual speed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slow motion1

First recorded in 1920–25

Origin of slow motion2

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

She slow-motion jogs through the courtyard, paints his portrait, and carves his name into a tree.

Then, she was always posing in slow-motion, as if perpetually taking mental selfies.

Many Israeli politicians have begun pushing for slow-motion regime change in Gaza.

But Nicki Minaj doesn't just exercise in slow motion once or twice a week.

But now, Ebola has moved beyond its standard slow motion, person-to-person transmission.

The principal source of the irregularities was found in the concealed upper differential wheel of the Grubb slow motion.

Riggs swayed in slow motion until a lost balance felled him heavily, an inert mass.

The shout, coming in slow motion at first, picked up speed until it sounded like an on-rushing train.

The black rods floated with slow motion in the minute currents of fluid I had introduced.

Plenty of solder is melted on to the work, and is drawn along over the joint by a single slow motion of the soldering bit.

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