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stop motion

stop motion is the alternative form of stop-motion.

Meaning of stop-motion

Noun

stop-motion (countable and uncountable, plural stop-motions)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
    • Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion looks angry, rough, and primal; Henry Selick’s is so polished and smooth that it resembles CGI.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. (countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.

Forms of stop motion

pluralstop motions

Questions about stop motion

What is stop motion the alternative form of?
Stop motion is the alternative form of stop-motion.

Words near stop motion in the dictionary

  1. stop logs
  2. stop loss
  3. stop loss order
  4. stop loss orders
  5. stop losses
  6. stop motion
  7. stop motions
  8. stop off
  9. stop order
  10. stop orders
  11. stop out

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