motion
- noun
- /ˈmoʊʃən/
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- In the film, the clever use of motion blur added excitement to the high-speed chase scenes.
- motion pictures
- slow motion
- illusion of motion
So it looks like smooth motion to our eyes.
- So it looks like smooth motion to our eyes.
- And you know, it would be like stop motion photography.
- Absolutely astounding mix of live action and stop motion animation.
- But the long and short of it is we've created four different packs for motion graphic template overlays.
Examples
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Then the next thing we can look at is motion perception.
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So it looks like smooth motion to our eyes.
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In general, the effects of American motion pictures overseas were uncertain and unpredictable.
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Viewing static images rapidly in succession... creates an illusion of motion.
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Animation techniques, such as celluloid and stop-motion, were among the first animation techniques incorporated into motion pictures.
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The animation created a stunning motion effect that made the characters seem lifelike.
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With each frame displaying a new image, the motion exhibited in the film mesmerized the audience.
Synonyms
The illusion of motion created by showing still images quickly
A visual effect that makes still images look like they are moving, as in movies
An effect that makes still pictures shown quickly seem to move, as in movies
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A way of showing action in film or video that happens more slowly than real life
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A rule that shows how pushes and pulls change how things move, for example by starting or stopping
An American group that gives the Oscars every year for work in movies
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Three basic rules that explain how objects move and push each other in physics
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Tiny particles in a liquid or gas move randomly when molecules hit them
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An object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed and direction unless a force acts on it
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A movement that goes back and forth around a middle point, like a pendulum
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Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
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Movement of one object measured from another or from a person watching
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Movement of one object around another in space, like a planet around a star
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Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
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A visual effect that makes still images look like they are moving, as in movies
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Movement when something turns around its own middle like a spinning top
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Movement where speed changes by different amounts over time
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
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A rule that describes how planets move around the Sun in oval paths
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An object stays still or keeps moving in the same straight line unless a force acts on it
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A rule that a force changes an object's motion more when the force is bigger or the object is lighter
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Movement that repeats at regular times, with each cycle taking the same amount of time
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A rule that says how a force makes an object move faster depending on its mass
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A study that measures how long each part of a job takes to find a faster way
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People watch how workers do a job to find the fastest, easiest way to do it
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A situation that gets worse slowly in public while people cannot stop it
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A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center
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Movement where speed decreases by the same amount every second
How Smooth
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Morphology
Etymology
Motion in 'motion picture' comes from the same root movere 'to move' and is the idea behind the phrase 'motion picture' or the shorter word movie. That's why a fast series of still pictures can look like continuous motion or movement.