"slow motion" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} slow motion (uncountable)
  1. A technique of film, photography, and video to stretch time and allow visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Cinematography Translations (film stretched in time): càmera lenta [feminine] (Catalan), 慢動作 (Chinese Mandarin), 慢动作 (màndòngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), slowmotion [common-gender] (Danish), slow motion [masculine] (Dutch), aegluubis (Estonian), hidastus (Finnish), hidastuskuva (Finnish), ralenti [masculine] (French), cámara lenta [feminine] (Galician), Zeitlupe [feminine] (German), αργή κίνηση (argí kínisi) [feminine] (Greek), הילוך איטי [masculine] (Hebrew), lassított felvétel (Hungarian), rallentatore [masculine] (Italian), ralenti [masculine] (Italian), スローモーション (surōmōshon) (Japanese), اسلوموشن (eslomowšen) (Persian), câmera lenta [feminine] (Portuguese), уско́ренная киносъёмка (uskórennaja kinosʺjómka) (english: accelerated filming) [feminine] (Russian), заме́дленное движе́ние (zamédlennoje dvižénije) [neuter] (Russian), cámara lenta [feminine] (Spanish), ralentí [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slow_motion-en-noun-UTt13VX9 Disambiguation of Cinematography: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'film stretched in time': 80 20
  2. (by extension) Movement at a slow pace. Tags: broadly, uncountable Categories (topical): Cinematography Synonyms: slo-mo, slowmo Derived forms: digital slow motion, slow-motion, slow-motional, trainwreck in slow motion
    Sense id: en-slow_motion-en-noun-YDh9AGbb Disambiguation of Cinematography: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

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