slow motion
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3.2
- noun
- /sloʊ ˈmoʊʃən/
- Specialized
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- -Could you run it in slow motion?
- provide slow motion
- slow motion frames
Like the basics of film are always magical, reverse, slow motion, things like that.
- Like the basics of film are always magical, reverse, slow motion, things like that.
- And Vangelis, who was doing the music, switches him into slow motion.
- Whereas I pictured it happening in cinematic slow motion.
- And the thing that exists now that did not exist while we were making the show is a slow motion camera in your phone.
Examples
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Play it back in slow motion.
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If a great artist is observed in slow motion as he performs, it is beautiful to watch.
Academic text (2009) -
OK, now we're going to go slow motion for a while.
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Now let's look at that again in slow motion.
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I have had a friend shoot this in slow motion, without me in the frame.
Fiction book (1992) -
Every movement made is in slow motion, every word is a whisper.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's like you're moving in slow motion and everything is just going beautifully.
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"I saw my hand, as if in slow motion, go into the silverware drawer.
Fiction book (1993) -
The slow motion effect.
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The fight scene was thrilling to watch because it was filmed in slow motion.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a filming or playback technique in which action appears to happen more slowly' is directly derivable from combining 'slow' (low speed) with 'motion' (movement); the phrase literally describes motion that is slow. This adjective+noun composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term slow motion comes from film and video. When people record many pictures and then play them back at normal speed, the motion looks slow, so you can see small details. So, slow motion means 'action shown more slowly'.