SLOW MOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slow motion mean? 

• SLOW MOTION (noun)
  The noun SLOW MOTION has 1 sense:

1. a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate

  Familiarity information: SLOW MOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOW MOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("slow motion" is a kind of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

 Context examples 

That means expending minimal amounts of energy through a reduced metabolic rate, dramatic regulation of body temperature, and navigating the world in slow motion.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)