slow motion

1. 1.

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

   Broadermovie

Questions about slow motion

What does slow motion mean?

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

Is slow motion a common word?

slow motion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.