Stop-motion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stop-motion is a noun meaning (countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.
Meaning
(countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, photography) An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.
Example Sentences
Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion looks angry, rough, and primal; Henry Selick’s is so polished and smooth that it resembles CGI.
Word Forms
- stop-motions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slow motion, pixilation, chronophotography, macrocinematography, kinematogram, tilt-shift.
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