slow-motion
[sloh-moh-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of slow-motion
First recorded in 1925–30
slow motion
- 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.
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Origin of slow motion
First recorded in 1920–25
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Contemporary Examples
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.
Misleading corporate health claims are the slow-motion equivalent of falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater.
In case you (somehow) missed the brutal dunking, here it is again—complete with slow-motion replay.
Historical Examples
It's hard for me to tell till I look at the slow-motion photographs.
Anything You Can Do ...Gordon Randall Garrett
They appeared, in a slow-motion fashion, to become interested in them.
Attention Saint PatrickWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
The finger on the trigger tightened in a sort of slow-motion action until it seemed as if the smallest pressure would set it off.
Castle of TerrorE.J. Liston
It passed Saya without hurting her, though one of its misty tendrils reached out as if to snatch at her in slow-motion.
The Forgotten PlanetMurray Leinster
slow motion
- 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
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- films television of or relating to such action
- moving or functioning at less than usual speed
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