bullet time

bullet time (uncountable)

1. (film, video games) A visual effect in which the camera pans around a slowed-down object, such as a flying bullet.
   • 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The Cinema of Mamoru Oshii: Fantasy, Technology and Politics:

     ...particularly in the use of the bullet-time technique...

2. (video games) A mode in which gameplay slows down to allow the player to observe and maneuver around bullets or other fast moving objects.