time-lapse

adjective

ˈtīm-ˌlaps 

: 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

Examples of time-lapse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This satellite time-lapse from Tuesday night to Wednesday night shows thunderstorms bubbling up within Isaias during this intensification period. — Kate S. Petersen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

SolarWatch also gives real-time and time-lapse simulations of the moon's shadow racing across a 3D representation of Earth, along with educational content on eclipse phenomena such as Baily's Beads. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The effect was less like watching a time-lapse than hurtling across a social-media feed. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

In a flyby maneuver earlier this year, Psyche used the planet’s gravity to reshape its trajectory, all while capturing images that NASA has stitched into a mesmerizing time-lapse video. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for time-lapse

• handicaps
• overlaps
• apps
• caps
• chaps
• claps
• craps
• flaps
• gaps
• laps
• lapse
• maps