one-shots

Noun

one-shot (plural one-shots)

1. A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
   • And with the added bonuses of color and videotape coupled with the disadvantages of higher production costs, a lot of syndie producers forsook weekly series in favor of one-shot specials — and it didn't take long for the airwaves to become thick with one-shots.2001, Hal Erickson, Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987, →ISBN, page 106
2. A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
   • The smaller frame means that Hill uses a lot of tight one-shots, mixed in with more expressive images like an endless sea of skaters fleeing from cops or a slow push-in on Stevie and Ian having an uncomfortable conversation while playing video games on their couch.15 October 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Jonah Hill makes his auspicious if uneven filmmaking debut with a Mid90s nostalgia...
3. A monostable multivibrator.
   • The monostable multivibrator, or one-shot, is designed to generate controllable-duration pulses when triggered by the rising or falling edge of a trigger clock.1980, Bruce A. Artwick, Microcomputer interfacing, page 263
4. A programmable interval timer.
   • After peak detection, the processed pulses operate a one-shot circuit which gives a fixed pulse width of 230 ms.1987, R.S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, →ISBN
5. Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
   • Some ideas are one-shots.1960, Research/development - Volume 11, page 87
6. A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
   • Loops automatically conform to a project's tempo; one-shots ignore the tempo and maintain a fixed duration. One-shots are files, such as a percussion hit or a sound effect, that are not intended to be looped.2010, Mary Plummer, Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09, →ISBN

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