time-lapse
adjective
: of, relating to, or constituting a movie or video made so that when shown an action (such as the opening of a flower bud or the flow of traffic) appears to be sped up
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In 2023, the British Antarctic Survey posted a time-lapse of satellite imagery, showing the iceberg's movement.
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Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
These various time-lapse images were taken from sites in Chile, Bolivia, and the Czech Republic.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Located on a mountaintop in Chile, the observatory will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years using the 3,200 megapixel LSST Camera to create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our universe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
In the first post, Dreyer shared a time-lapse video of her and her kids stringing white Christmas lights around the evergreen.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
These various time-lapse images were taken from sites in Chile, Bolivia, and the Czech Republic.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Located on a mountaintop in Chile, the observatory will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years using the 3,200 megapixel LSST Camera to create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our universe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
In the first post, Dreyer shared a time-lapse video of her and her kids stringing white Christmas lights around the evergreen.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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