slow motion

See also: slowmotion and slow-motion

English

Noun

slow motion (uncountable)

2. (cinematography) A technique of film, photography, and video to stretch time and allow visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.
3. (by extension) Movement at a slow pace.
   • 2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3:

     Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).

Synonyms

• slo-mo, slowmo

Antonyms

• fast forward

Derived terms

• digital slow motion
• slow-motion
• slow-motional
• trainwreck in slow motion

Translations

film stretched in time

• Catalan: càmera lenta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慢動作／慢动作 (zh) (màndòngzuò)

• Danish: slowmotion c
• Dutch: slow motion (nl) m
• Estonian: aegluubis
• Finnish: hidastus (fi), hidastuskuva
• French: ralenti (fr) m
• Galician: cámara lenta f
• German: Zeitlupe (de) f
• Greek: αργή κίνηση f (argí kínisi)
• Hebrew: הילוך איטי m
• Hungarian: lassított felvétel (hu)
• Italian: rallentatore (it) m, ralenti (it) m
• Japanese: スローモーション (surōmōshon)
• Persian: اسلوموشن (fa) (eslomowšen)
• Portuguese: câmera lenta f
• Russian: уско́ренная киносъёмка f (uskórennaja kinosʺjómka) (accelerated filming), заме́дленное движе́ние n (zamédlennoje dvižénije)
• Spanish: cámara lenta (es) f, ralentí (es) m

References

• “slow motion”, in Collins English Dictionary.