stop-action

  • 1Stop action magnet — The stop action magnet, usually abbreviated to SAM, is an electromagnetic device used for the control of pipe organs and virtual pipe organs, and forms part of the organ s combination action. On a classical organ the device may be referred to as… …

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  • 2stop-action — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1946 stop motion …

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  • 3stop-action — /ˈstɑːpˈækʃən/ noun [noncount] : ↑stop motion …

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  • 4stop-action photography — /stop ak sheuhn/, Motion Pictures. See stop motion (def. 1). * * * …

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  • 5stop-action photography — /stop ak sheuhn/, Motion Pictures. See stop motion (def. 1) …

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  • 6stop-action camera — /ˌstɒp ækʃən ˈkæmrə/ (say .stop akshuhn kamruh) noun an automatically operated camera for exposing successive frames of a film at regular but lengthy intervals, as in shooting the growth of a flower in accelerated motion …

  • 7Stop motion — (or frame by frame) animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved by small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the… …

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  • 8stop-ac|tion — «STOP AK shuhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with a method of photography in which a quick action or movement is broken down into a series of still pictures somewhat like stop motion or time lapse photography, but without omitting… …

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  • 9stop motion — stop motion, adj. Motion Pictures. 1. Also called stop action photography, stop motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer… …

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  • 10stop motion — noun : a device for stopping a machine or a part either automatically or at will * * * stop motion, adj. Motion Pictures. 1. Also called stop action photography, stop motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which… …

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