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freeze-frame

or freeze frame (frēz′frām′)
n.
1. A still image in a cinematic work made by showing a series of identical frames or by stopping a film or video at one desired frame, usually representing the suspension of action or time.
2. A vivid, motionless scene or image.
freeze′-frame′ v.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

freeze-frame

n
1. (Film) films television a single frame of a film repeated to give an effect like a still photograph
2. (Film) a single frame of a video recording viewed as a still by stopping the tape
vb
3. (Film) (tr) to make a freeze-frame of (an image)
4. (Photography) (tr) to make a freeze-frame of (an image)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations

freeze-frame

[ˈfriːzˌfreɪm] n → fotogramma m; (on video) → fermo immagine
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