Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A visual effect in which the camera pans around a slowed-down object, such as a flying bullet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television, video-games
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noun
A mode in which gameplay slows down to allow the player to observe and maneuver around bullets or other fast moving objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: video-games
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History
First used with reference to the 1999 film The Matrix, and later to the slow-motion effects in the 2001 video game Max Payne.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
