A state of mind in which one speeds up their own reactions to a point where their own sense of time is altered and the world around them seems to have slowed. This causes the illusion that laws such as gravity have been bent, and the air around you feel like water, because you cant move or fall any faster than normal. People who can manipulate this can accomplish incredible feats that are seemingly impossible to do in real-time.
(Note: Bullet time is measured in relation to the speed of a bullet, hence the name.)
I was fighting these dudes, and then they pulled out guns. Then i went into bullet time; they never saw me coming.
by Jay C October 2, 2003
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An over-used special effect in movies and video games that fucked up the cutscenes in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.
The Bullet-Time cutscenes in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes made Solid Snake look like fucking Superman.
by cyanide_chewing_gun September 13, 2004
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A certain period during which time is slowed down to a speed where a bullet and its path of motion can clearly be seen, hence the name BULLET time.
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A special effect in movies popularized by the movie "The Matrix". In the movie, time is slowed down so much that the viewer can see very fast moving objects such as bullets. Scientist used this technique to study other fast moving objects such as the famous milkdrop shot.

Bullet time in movies however uses cameras that record at speeds anywhere from 100FPS to 2000FPS and then digitally rendered to creat a desired effect (such as "wave trails" left by bullets).

As far as I know, the earliest non-scientific use of bullet time was in Korn's "Freak on a Leash" music video.
Bullet time allows you to see very fast moving objects.
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1. An effect created by putting many digital cameras in either a circle or any shape you want and filming what happens inside, thus allowing you to create the effect that there is one camera moving around and around the object or objects.

2. Any scene in entertainment that involves slow motion and bullet time.

(As seen in films like "The Matrix" and "Kung-Pow: Enter the fist"
Bullet-Time blew peoples minds when it was first used.
by John May 15, 2003
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a short time period where someone can dodge bullets.
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Bullet time battles aka BTB’s are a class trial minigame in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

They’re the most difficult minigame and don’t require much logic. You play a BTB by locking onto an opponents argument then shooting it to destroy it.
Person A: I’m playing danganronpa 1 and I can’t get past the first class trial. I’m almost done with it though.

Person B: are you having trouble playing the bullet time battle?
Person A: yeah
Person B: those suck.
by astrxxl July 10, 2021
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