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kinestasis

kinestasis noun: a rapidly-moving montage technique set to music.

Noun

kinestasis (countable and uncountable, plural kinestases)

  1. A rapidly-moving montage technique set to music.
    • I used the same kinestasis technique that Chuck Braverman had used in his American History in Two Minutes.2001, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Eyewitness: a filmmaker's memoir of the Chicano Movement, Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press, →ISBN, page 206
  2. A film made with such a technique.
    • Charles Braverman had seen Art and felt that a kinestasis short might be a welcome addition to the Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour.1970, David A. Sohn, Film: the creative eye, Dayton, Ohio: G. A. Pflaum, page 101

Forms of kinestasis

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Questions about kinestasis

What does kinestasis mean?
Kinestasis means a rapidly-moving montage technique set to music.
What part of speech is kinestasis?
Kinestasis is a noun.
What is the plural of kinestasis?
The plural of kinestasis is kinestases.

Words near kinestasis in the dictionary

  1. kinesophobic
  2. kinesphere
  3. kinespheres
  4. kinessence
  5. kinestases
  6. kinestasis
  7. kinestheses
  8. kinesthesia
  9. kinesthesias
  10. kinesthesic
  11. kinesthesiologist

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