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motion-capture

motion-capture verb: to film using motion capture.

Verb

motion-capture (third-person singular simple present motion-captures, present participle motion-capturing, simple past and past participle motion-captured)

  1. To film using motion capture.
    • The motion-captured ape characters are the bleeding edge of digital effects, rarely short of impressive.2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of motion-capture

third-person singular presentmotion-captures
present participlemotion-capturing
past participlemotion-captured
pastmotion-captured

Questions about motion-capture

What does motion-capture mean?
Motion-capture means to film using motion capture.
What part of speech is motion-capture?
Motion-capture is a verb.
What is the past tense of motion-capture?
The past tense of motion-capture is motion-captured.

Words near motion-capture in the dictionary

  1. motion picture
  2. motion pictures
  3. motion sickness
  4. motion sickness bag
  5. motion sickness bags
  6. motion-capture
  7. motion-captured
  8. motion-captures
  9. motion-capturing
  10. motion-picture
  11. motion-pictures

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