- a single frame of a film repeated to give an effect like a still photograph
- a single frame of a video recording viewed as a still by stopping the tape
- (transitive) to make a freeze-frame of (an image)
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freeze′ frame′, [Television, Motion Pictures.]
freeze′-frame′, adj.
- CinemaAlso called stop motion. an optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph.
- Cinemaa button or other mechanism on a projector, videocassette system, etc., allowing one to stop the projected picture at any point.
- 1955–60
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freeze-frame n
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