slow-motion

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adjective

ˈslō-ˈmō-shən 

: of, relating to, or being movie 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

For fans who view replay as a bothersome interruption: rest easy — while out-safe and other review calls are currently reviewed by a team of umpires looking at slow-motion video to determine the right call, ABS is pretty straightforward: Did the tracker have the ball in the zone or not? —Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024

While the contestants were playing for wraps and cake, our reward was a vaguely disturbing slow-motion shot of Andy licking and biting a giant ball. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024

Noun

Wang presents that sequence in blurry slow motion, as if trying to mine all meaning from this rare moment of joyful abandon for Payá — the only time the filmmaker has seen her acquaintance fully disconnected from her all-consuming cause. —Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024

The gory violence, sending digital heads and limbs flying in slow motion, is gorier. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1915, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1924, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

slow motion

noun

: action in a film or television picture apparently taking place more slowly than it actually occurred

slow-motion adjective