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special effects

  1. artificial visual effects, either realistic or fantastic, used to create illusions in films
  2. the art or work of creating these illusions
  3. the complex mechanical devices and photographic techniques used to produce the effects

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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