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 a study of plants and media in the early 20th century, Janet Janzen describes the effects that time-lapse images of plants had on children in the 1920s.
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Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
The software has also been improved, with features like time-lapse recording to track heat changes, and temperature displays being much clearer.
—New Atlas, 31 May 2026
But flanked by a dozen or so time-lapse cloud sequences, Maras and his cast strain toward a kind of biblical grandeur their painfully effortful film can’t reach.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
The time-lapse was sped up to capture the entire process under a minute, but Kelly himself revealed in a past interview that covering up his tattoos took the longest to complete on set.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
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Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
The software has also been improved, with features like time-lapse recording to track heat changes, and temperature displays being much clearer.
—New Atlas, 31 May 2026
But flanked by a dozen or so time-lapse cloud sequences, Maras and his cast strain toward a kind of biblical grandeur their painfully effortful film can’t reach.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
The time-lapse was sped up to capture the entire process under a minute, but Kelly himself revealed in a past interview that covering up his tattoos took the longest to complete on set.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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