How to pronounce stop-motion
American English pronunciation
STOP-moh-shun
- IPA
- /ˈstɑpˌmoʊʃən/
- Syllables
- STOP · moh · shun (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What stop-motion means
Filming models moved a tiny bit between each picture
In a sentence: Leo made a stop-motion movie by moving his clay dog a little for each photo.
Where it comes from: It joins stop and motion. Each model stops still for a picture, and when the pictures play fast, it seems to move.
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