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speeded-up, ppl. a.
[f. speed v. + -ed1 + up adv.]
a. Of a film: giving the appearance of rapid motion usu. as a result of being projected at a speed greater than that of original shooting. Cf. speed v. 11 d.
1931J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? ii. 54 It is one of the most astonishing spectacles to see, on the speeded-up film, the processes of cell-division, of organization of growth. 1951A. C. Clarke Sounds of Mars xi. 143 You've all seen the films we made—especially the speeded-up colour one showing a complete cycle of Saturn's phases. 1968A. Diment Bang Bang Birds viii. 146 Everything was happening like a speeded up holiday movie. 1976Listener 25 Mar. 381/2 A speeded-up film of a flower opening and closing.
b. transf. Having an increased speed.
1962M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 47 The new institutes for speeded-up reading. 1980U. Curtiss Poisoned Orchard vii. 65 Sarah went to meet her at a speeded-up saunter. |