"stop-motion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stop-motions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stop-motion (countable and uncountable, plural stop-motions)
  1. (uncountable, photography) An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Photography Synonyms: stop-go animation Synonyms (animation technique): stop motion Translations (animation technique): إِيقَاف الْحَرَكَة (ʔīqāf al-ḥaraka) [masculine] (Arabic), stop motion (Finnish), animointi kuvaamalla ruutu ruudulta (Finnish), pysäytyskuva-animointi (Finnish), animation en volume [feminine] (French), Stop-Motion-Technik [feminine] (German), Stop-Motion-Verfahren [neuter] (German), 齣撮り (komadori) (alt: こまどり) (Japanese), quadro por quadro [masculine] (Portuguese), animación de fotograma/cuadro a/por fotograma/cuadro [feminine] (Spanish), animación en volumen [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stop-motion-en-noun-rewrF4tv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography Disambiguation of 'animation technique': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'animation technique': 99 1
  2. (countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-stop-motion-en-noun-BLZOCp8n

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