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Complete Definition of "undercranked"

English

Etymology
From under + crank; dating from a time when movie film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.

Adjective
en-adj

  1. context|Filmology Of a scene shot while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will play on screen. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.

Verb
undercranked

  1. past of|undercrank

Related terms
undercrank

ru:undercranked

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