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

The time-lapse shows Figure 03 walking on a treadmill inside a testing facility, with a power cable attached to the robot. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

The time-lapse portrait of Barbora Vránková, a three-time Czech figure skating champion, captures a pivotal period in her life between the ages of 15 and 18. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

O’Rourke and double bassist Johan Berthling shape a steady drone, while Ishibashi’s piano runs suggest time-lapse footage of ice crystals forming, ordinary little bits cohering into objects of wonder. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

At the campus garden’s La Kretz Garden Pavilion, UCLA’s Shahan will discuss her work applying single-cell genomics and time-lapse microscopy to the roots of one plant. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 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