slow motion

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

slow motion

A film or video technique in which the action is recorded at a faster rate than usual or replayed at a slower rate than usual, thereby slowing the action on the screen.

slow′-mo′tion adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

slow motion

1. (Film) 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

2. (Broadcasting) 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

adj

3. (Film) films television of or relating to such action

4. (Broadcasting) films television of or relating to such action

5. moving or functioning at less than usual speed

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slow′ mo′tion

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.

[1920–25]

slow′-mo′tion

adj.

1. photographed or appearing in slow motion.

2. proceeding at a strikingly slow rate.

[1925–30]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate

motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

Translations

حَرَكَه بَطيئَه

zpomalený pohyb

slowmotion

Zeitlupe

ralenti

lassított

sem er sÿndur hægt

azione al rallentatore rallentatore

sakte film sakte kino

spomalený pohyb

ağır çekim

慢动作

slow motion

n in slow motion → al rallentatore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

slow

(sləu) adjective

1. not fast; not moving quickly; taking a long time. a slow train; The service at that restaurant is very slow; He was very slow to offer help.

2. (of a clock etc) showing a time earlier than the actual time; behind in time. My watch is five minutes slow.

3. not clever; not quick at learning. He's particularly slow at arithmetic.

verb

to make, or become slower. The car slowed to take the corner.

ˈslowly adverb

He slowly opened his eyes; He drove home slowly.

ˈslowness noun

slow motion

movement which is slower than normal or actual movement especially as a special effect in films. Let's watch it, in slow motion.

slow down/up

to make or become slower. The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.

References in classic literature ?

I have traveled by canal-boat, ox-wagon, raft, and by the Ephesus and Smyrna railway; but when it comes down to good solid honest slow motion, I bet my money on the glacier.

View in context

When one of these is discontent, the danger is not great; for common people are of slow motion, if they be not excited by the greater sort; and the greater sort are of small strength, except the multitude be apt, and ready to move of themselves.

View in context

The man with the feathers went up to the stone, stooped, slipped his hands under the face lying upon the ground, stiffened his Herculean muscles, and without a strain, with a slow motion, like that of a machine, he lifted the end of the rock a foot from the ground.

View in context

A mellow softness appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself to the very wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field is perceptible only to the eye, but strikes with no harsh sound upon the ear.

View in context

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+'s Super Slow-mo camera captures slow motion video at 960 frames per second, revealing a whole new way to relive and share remarkable moments in the everyday.

BuzzFeed and the Dodo Help Make Every Day Epic in Super Slow-Mo With the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+

The likes of Apple's iPhone 7 and Google's Pixel are only capable of shooting videos at 120fps and with the new advancements, Samsung and Sony will set a new standard for recording true slow motion videos possible on smartphones.

Samsung Galaxy S8 to record 1000fps slow-mo videos and use facial recognition for mobile payments

Judy said: "One year during Wimbledon I had a sleeveless top on and the BBC very kindly started doing me in slow motion clapping.

Judy throws a wobbly at Wimbledon

Flipping over the top of the wall, they hang by their hands, doing zigzagging footwork on the vertical surface, jeteing in slow motion, and huddling together in sculptural tableaus.

Eliot Feld

The camera stares at this wall, turns around, descends the stairs to the basement, and moves through the heating, sanitation, and parking spaces--the labyrinthine entrails common to every building--then stairs again, and narrow, barely lit halls; suddenly there open before the camera empty, completely white spaces shown in slow motion, so that the visitors move as if in a state of suspension.

Hans Schabus: Bonner Kunstverein

"But once you looked at the slow motion, you would have concluded that the referee might have got it wrong.

Football: KEEGAN'S TV BLAST BLASTED BY KEV

Hawkmoths, the so-called hummingbirds of the insect world, and other bugs that frequently hover in the air must track slow motion well.

Insects tune in to the speed of their world

Users will now be able to record videos in slow motion by capturing at 120fps and playing it back at 30fps.