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slow motion
1noun
- 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.
- the effect thus created.
slow-motion
2[ sloh-moh-shuhn ]
adjective
- of, pertaining to or made in slow motion:
a slow-motion replay.
- moving or proceeding at a strikingly slow rate:
slow-motion progress toward a settlement.
slow motion
noun
- 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
adjective
- films television of or relating to such action
- moving or functioning at less than usual speed
Word History and Origins
Origin of slow motion1
Origin of slow motion2
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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