Slow may refer to various basic dictionary-related meanings: * Slow velocity, the rate of change of position of a moving body ** Slow speed, in kinematics, the magnitude of the velocity of an object * Slow tempo, the speed or pace of a piece of music *

Slow motion Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slo-mo or slow-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger in the early 20th century. This can be accomplished through the use ...

, an effect in film-making * Slow reaction rate, the speed at which a chemical reaction takes place Slow, SLOW, Slowing or Slowness may also refer to:

Music

Slow (band) Slow is a Canadian punk rock band that started in the mid-1980s. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consisted of vocalist Thomas Anselmi, guitarists Christian Thorvaldson and Ziggy Sigmund, bassist Stephen Hamm and drummer Terry Russ ...

, a 1980s Canadian band

Albums

* ''Slow'' (Richie Kotzen album), 2001 * ''Slow'' (Starflyer 59 album), 2016 * ''Slow'' (Luna Sea album), 2005 * ''Slow'' (Ann Hampton Callaway album), 2004 * ''Slowness'' (album), an album by cantopop singer Kay Tse

Songs

* "Slow" (Kylie Minogue song), 2003 * "Slow" (Rumer song), 2010 * "Slow" (Matoma song), 2017 * "Slow" (Jackson Wang & Ciara song), 2023 * "Slow", song by The Fratellis from the album '' Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied'' (2015) * "Slow", song by Lisa Mitchell from the EP ''

Said One to the Other ''Said One To The Other'' is the debut EP release by artist Lisa Mitchell. The EP was released in Australia in late August 2007. The songs, "Slow" and "Alice in Wonderland", have also been called "Sailing Softly" and "Alice" respectively. The ...

'' * "Slow", song by Professional Murder Music from the album ''

Professional Murder Music Professional Murder Music (PMM) is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed by bassist/keyboardist Jeff Schartoff and guitarist/vocalist Roman Marisak in 1998, just prior to the disbandment of their pre ...

Movies

* '' Slow (film)'', Lithuanian romantic drama

Books

In Praise of Slow ''In Praise of Slow'' (U.S. title ''In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed'') is a book by Carl Honoré containing his analysis of the "Cult of Speed", which he claims is becoming the societal standard all over the world. He discu ...

, a 2004 book by Carl Honoré containing his analysis of the "Cult of Speed" * ''Slowness'' (novel), a 1993 novel by Milan Kundera

Culture

Slow dance A slow dance is a type of partner dance in which a couple dance slowly. Slow Dance or Slow Dancing may also refer to: Albums * ''Slow Dance'' (Anthony Phillips album), 1990 * ''Slow Dance'' (Jeremy Jay album), 2009 * Slow Dance (Southside John ...

, a type of partner dance *

Slow movement (culture) The slow movement (sometimes capitalised Slow movement or Slow Movement) advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace. It began with Carlo Petrini's protest against the opening of a McDonald's restaurant in Piazza di Spagna, Rom ...

, a cultural movement that emphasizes a slower pace in a variety of lifestyle and social areas **

Slow living Slow living (sloh liv-ing: Proto-Germanic ''*slæwaz'') is a lifestyle which encourages a slower approach to aspects of everyday life, involving completing tasks at a leisurely pace. The origins of this lifestyle are linked to the Italian slow food ...

, a lifestyle applying the Slow Movement philosophy **

Slow reading Slow reading is the intentional reduction in the speed of reading, carried out to increase comprehension or pleasure. The concept appears to have originated in the study of philosophy and literature as a technique to more fully comprehend and app ...

, the intentional reduction of the speed of reading **

Slow Food Slow Food is an organization that promotes local food and traditional cooking. It was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986 and has since spread worldwide. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and r ...

, an organization that promotes local food and traditional cooking

People

* Slow (DJ) (born 1975), Finnish producer and DJ * '' Húŋkešni'' or "Slow", the nickname of Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader *

Edward Slow Edward Slow (27 August 1841 – 16 February 1925) was a poet born in Wilton, Wiltshire, England. By profession a carriage builder, he wrote many poems and tracts based on his everyday observations of contemporary Victorian and Edwardian rural life. ...

(1841–1925), English poet *

Mary Taylor Slow Mary Taylor Slow (15 July 1898 – 26 May 1984) was a British physicist who worked on the theory of radio waves and the application of differential equations to physics. She was the first woman to take up the study of radio as a profession. Ea ...

(1898–1984), British physicist *

Robin Slow Robin Slow (born c. 1948) is a New Zealand Māori painter based in Tākaka and a retired art teacher. Early life and family Slow was born in Wairau, Blenheim. He went to primary school in Wairau, where a visiting art teacher Cliff Whiting in ...

(born c. 1948), New Zealand Māori painter *

Warwick Slow Warwick Slow is a New Zealand radio DJ and media personality from Wellington, New Zealand. Formerly employed by Hit Radio X105, he regularly appeared on the station's night weekend shifts, before the station's closure in September 2010. Slow gaine ...

(born 1990), New Zealand radio DJ and media personality *

Karen Slowing Karen Slowing-Aceituno (born 22 December 1968) is a Guatemalan former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She competed in the freestyle swimming at 100 metres, 400 m and 800 m. She is the cousin of Melanie Slowing. ...

(born 1968), Guatemalan swimmer *

Melanie Slowing Melanie Slowing de Montenegro (born January 10, 1973) is a Guatemalan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Slowing qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 31-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by break ...

(born 1973), Guatemalan swimmer

Other uses

* South London Orienteers and Wayfarers (SLOW), an orienteering club *

Slowness (seismology) Slowness (s) is a quantity introduced in Seismology which is the reciprocal of velocity. Thus travel time of a wave is the distance that the wave travels times the slowness of the medium ( in seismology, it refers to different layers of Earth exhibi ...

, a property of a seismic wave