slow motion

See also: slowmotion, and slow-motion

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slow motion

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Noun

slow motion (uncountable)

2. (cinematography) A technique of film, photography, and video to stretch time and allow visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.
3. (by extension) Movement at a slow pace.
   • 2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3:

     Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).

Synonyms

• slo-mo, slowmo

Antonyms

• fast forward

Derived terms

• digital slow motion
• slow-motion
• slow-motional
• trainwreck in slow motion

Translations

film stretched in time

Catalan: càmera lenta f Chinese: Mandarin: 慢動作／慢动作 (zh) (màndòngzuò) Danish: slowmotion c Dutch: slow motion (nl) m Estonian: aegluubis Finnish: hidastus (fi), hidastuskuva French: ralenti (fr) m Galician: cámara lenta f German: Zeitlupe (de) f Greek: αργή κίνηση f (argí kínisi) Hebrew: הילוך איטי m Hungarian: lassított felvétel (hu) Italian: rallentatore (it) m, ralenti (it) m Japanese: スローモーション (surōmōshon) Persian: اسلوموشن (fa) (eslomowšen) Portuguese: câmera lenta f Russian: уско́ренная киносъёмка f (uskórennaja kinosʺjómka) (accelerated filming), заме́дленное движе́ние n (zamédlennoje dvižénije) Spanish: cámara lenta (es) f, ralentí (es) m

References

• “slow motion”, in Collins English Dictionary.