Look up slow or slowness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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, 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), a 1980s Canadian band

Movies

• Slow (film), Lithuanian romantic drama

Books

• In Praise of Slow, 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 type of partner dance
• Slow movement (culture), a cultural movement that emphasizes a slower pace in a variety of lifestyle and social areas
  • Slow living, a lifestyle applying the Slow Movement philosophy
  • Slow reading, the intentional reduction of the speed of reading
  • Slow Food, 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 (1841–1925), English poet
• Mary Taylor Slow (1898–1984), British physicist
• Robin Slow (born c. 1948), New Zealand Māori painter
• Warwick Slow (born 1990), New Zealand radio DJ and media personality
• Karen Slowing (born 1968), Guatemalan swimmer
• Melanie Slowing (born 1973), Guatemalan swimmer

Other uses

• South London Orienteers and Wayfarers (SLOW), an orienteering club
• Slowness (seismology), a property of a seismic wave

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Slow
• Slow learner (disambiguation)
• Slowe (disambiguation)
• Slough (disambiguation)
• Sloe or Prunus spinosa, a plant
• SLO (disambiguation)
• Slower (disambiguation)
• Too slow