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bullet time en · NOUN

Etymology

First used with reference to the 1999 film The Matrix, and later to the slow-motion effects in the 2001 video game Max Payne.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A visual effect in which the camera pans around a slowed-down object, such as a flying bullet.
    • ...particularly in the use of the bullet-time technique... 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics:
  2. (uncountable) A mode in which gameplay slows down to allow the player to observe and maneuver around bullets or other fast moving objects.

Translations (2)

fr bullet time (visual effect) · cmn 子弹时间 子彈時間 /子弹时间 (visual effect)