slow-motion

adjective \ ˈslō-ˈmō-shən \

|Updated on: 22 May 2018

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Definition of slow-motion

: 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

First Known Use of slow-motion

1923

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slow motion

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Definition of slow motion

: slow-motion photography

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Examples of slow motion in a Sentence

The scene was shot in slow motion.
They showed the goal in slow motion.

Recent Examples of slow motion from the Web

The story of how all this came to be is like a movie in which everything seems clear only if it is played back from the start in slow motion.

— steven brill, Time, "How Baby Boomers Broke America," 17 May 2018
Every 10 minutes or so, a screen on the main stage would replay holograms of Rihanna modeling pieces from the collection in slow motion.

— alexa tietjen | wwd, latimes.com, "Rihanna toasts new Savage X Fenty lingerie collection during N.Y. party," 11 May 2018
Now the traffic on S.R. 417, the second toll road of my daily commute, seemed to be moving in slow motion.

— beth kassab, OrlandoSentinel.com, "When life takes a detour," 10 May 2018
In this situation, Behemoth’s high Piloting skill makes her a martial arts master in slow motion, making her melee attacks more than a match for the Firestarter’s itty-bitty frame.

— steven strom, Ars Technica, "BattleTech is a more tactical, punishing view of mech battling," 3 May 2018
Her life since her outing as a white person posing as a black person has been a car crash in slow motion.

— laura johnston, cleveland.com, "Flat Out Fridays at Flats East Bank announces schedule," 27 Apr. 2018
The overhead camera gradually zooms in as Mendes sings; when the bass drum fully kicks in, rocks fall in slow motion from above, shattering and then disappearing on impact.

— abby jones, Billboard, "Shawn Mendes Keeps it Simple in One-Take 'In My Blood' Music Video: Watch," 24 Apr. 2018
Television viewers will see a striking black-and-white, 30-second commercial with two people suspended in the air in slow motion, with purses, shoes and drinks floating through the air and chaotic sounds of brake.

— andrew theen, OregonLive.com, "'Time to slow down': Portland to blanket city with Vision Zero ad campaign," 2 Apr. 2018
Although Rollins and other attorneys took on Ogrod’s appeal, pro bono, not long after Lowenstein published his preliminary findings in a Philadelphia City Paper series in 2004, the wheels of justice have spun in super-duper slow motion.

— will bunch, Philly.com, "Walter Ogrod's 22-year fight to escape death row gains hope from Krasner, documentary | Will Bunch," 5 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of slow motion

1924

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