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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Both can add bokeh (background blur) to a portrait and provide features such as slow-motion, panorama, low-light, and time-lapse shooting.
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PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Each portrait is shared as a time-lapse video with a voiceover telling that person’s story.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
According to a time-lapse graphic posted by the NWS Weather Prediction Center, the temperatures in West Texas could be more than 10 degrees below average later this week.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The glasses feature a centered camera, louder speakers with deeper bass and new shooting modes such as 60-frames-per-second video, slow-motion and time-lapse capture.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Each portrait is shared as a time-lapse video with a voiceover telling that person’s story.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
According to a time-lapse graphic posted by the NWS Weather Prediction Center, the temperatures in West Texas could be more than 10 degrees below average later this week.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The glasses feature a centered camera, louder speakers with deeper bass and new shooting modes such as 60-frames-per-second video, slow-motion and time-lapse capture.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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