slow-motion

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adjective

: of, relating to, or being motion-picture or video photography in which the action that has been photographed is made to appear to occur slower than it actually occurred
a slow-motion replay
also : slowly moving
a slow-motion dance

slow motion

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noun

: slow-motion photography

Examples of slow-motion in a Sentence

Noun The scene was shot in slow motion. They showed the goal in slow motion.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The camera has four macro shooting modes, five underwater shooting modes, and can take videos up to 20 seconds long, including slow-motion footage. Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024 The tone is as susceptible to whiplash as the characterization: one episode concludes with Maxine having a conversation with a whale, while another concludes with an act of violence that leaves multiple characters screaming and crying in slow-motion. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024 The mother of five kept the bit going, posting the video again but in slow-motion and zoomed in closer. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024 There’s slow-motion and speed-ramping and playing about with time in general; this show loves to cut away from a dramatic moment only to cheekily circle back later. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 On Wednesday, the Avengers star, 40, posted a slow-motion video featuring his wife, Elsa Pataky, 47, swimming underwater. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024 The cameras also have zoom and super slow-motion capabilities that could show how close a kick made it inside the uprights or straight down the middle. Joe Reedy, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024 In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout of geological bumper cars that over time has sculpted the soaring Himalayan mountains. Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2024 On Sunday, three cameras on each goal post with 4K zoom and slow-motion capabilities can capture not just missed kicks but other scenes that unfold on the field from a unique perspective. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
Noun
Their intimate moments are stretched out in slow motion, but the film always abruptly cuts away mid-tryst. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024 What happened next can only be clearly seen by watching the video in slow motion, Clarke said. Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024 So the government, by refusing to address the mounting problem, was complicit, perhaps negligent, in the crisis unfolding now in slow motion. Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 In slow motion, as if moving underwater, the man’s head tilts upward. Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024 Since his incarceration in early 2021, Mr. Navalny, Russia’s most formidable opposition figure, and his staff regularly suggested his conditions were so grim that he was being put to death in slow motion. Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024 Silverman tells the excited pup before showing the pet's feat in slow motion. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024 Slo-Mo: No prizes for guessing that this is the slow motion mode, which captures video at a high frame rate. David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024 Take your power back by creating moments to move in slow motion. Essence, 10 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1915, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slow-motion was in 1915

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Cite this Entry

“Slow-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-motion. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

slow motion

noun
: action in a film or television picture apparently taking place more slowly than it actually occurred
slow-motion adjective
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