"full motion video" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: full motion videos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} full motion video (countable and uncountable, plural full motion videos)
  1. Video of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: FMV [video-games], full-motion video Translations (video of sufficient quality): 全動態影像 (Chinese Mandarin), 全动态影像 (quán dòngtài yǐngxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), liikkuva videokuva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-full_motion_video-en-noun-Wt7S~Tt7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'video of sufficient quality': 89 11
  2. (video games) In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being rendered in-engine or in real time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games, Video games
    Sense id: en-full_motion_video-en-noun-gNNyjR~l Disambiguation of Video games: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: video-games

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