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slow motion

/ˌsləʊˈməʊ.ʃən/

slow motion noun: a technique of film, photography, and video in which time is stretched in order to allow the visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.

Noun

slow motion (uncountable)

  1. A technique of film, photography, and video in which time is stretched in order to allow the visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.
    Synonyms:
    slo-mo, slowmo
  2. (broadly) Movement at a slow pace.
    • Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3

slow motion meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

slow motion in Tamil

மெது சலனம், மெது நகர்வு, மெதுவாக இயங்கும்

slow motion in Malay

film stretched in time
gerakan perlahan

slow motion in Indonesian

film stretched in time
gerak lambat

slow motion in Persian

film stretched in time
اسلوموشن eslomowšen
More languagesFewer languages
slow motion in Myanmar
စလိုမိုရှင် ca.luimuihrang

Synonyms of slow motion

Words formed from slow motion

Questions about slow motion

What does slow motion mean?
Slow motion means a technique of film, photography, and video in which time is stretched in order to allow the visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.
What is slow motion in Tamil?
Slow motion in Tamil is மெது சலனம், மெது நகர்வு, மெதுவாக இயங்கும். See Slow motion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slow motion?
Slow motion is a noun.
How do you pronounce slow motion?
Slow motion is pronounced /ˌsləʊˈməʊ.ʃən/.

Words near slow motion in the dictionary

  1. slow lorises
  2. slow march
  3. slow marches
  4. slow match
  5. slow matches
  6. slow motion
  7. slow news day
  8. slow news days
  9. slow off
  10. slow off the mark
  11. slow on the uptake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slow motion (page history and authors); slow motion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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