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slow motion

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

a way of showing pictures from a film or television programme at a slower speed than normal: They showed the goal in slow motion.Cinema - general wordsBroadcasting in general
(Definition of slow motion noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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