SLOW MOTION Definition & Meaning

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slow motion

noun

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

[sloh-moh-shuhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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51�Թ� 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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Describing drought as a "silent killer" which "creeps in, drains resources, and devastates lives in slow motion" the report said it had exacerbated issues like poverty and ecosystem collapse.

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The final act in this slow motion U-turn has played out.

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He swam back to shore, feeling like he was moving in slow motion, Heller told the outlet.

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The explosion happens in slow motion, allowing viewers to gawk at all of DeYoung’s shrewdly constructed, cinematic shrapnel.

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But the next promise, of creating a National Care Service collapsed in slow motion across the parliamentary term.

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slow-mo slow-moving

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