| 1. | the process or technique of filming or taping a motion-picture or television sequence at an accelerated rate of speed and then projecting or replaying it at normal speed so that the action appears to be slowed down. |
| 2. | the effect thus created. |
[sloh-moh-shuhn] 
| 1. | of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay. |
| 2. | moving or proceeding at a strikingly slow rate: slow-motion progress toward a settlement. |
| slow motion n. A filmmaking technique in which the action on screen is slower than normal, achieved by filming at a speed faster than the standard rate and then projecting the film at the standard speed. slow'-mo'tion (slō'mō'shən) adj. |