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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Once every few days for a decade, Rubin will take images of the entire night sky over the Southern Hemisphere, creating the world’s largest time-lapse movie.
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Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
Much of what family and mom influencers put out—weekly grocery hauls, time-lapse kitchen-cleaning videos, bedtime routines—is mundane.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Through time-lapse analysis, researchers identified copper as the essential architect of the self-organizing process.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
In the 1990s, scientists began to develop advanced imaging techniques, such as time-lapse photography, to monitor the development of embryos in the lab from afar.
—Phineas Rueckert, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
Much of what family and mom influencers put out—weekly grocery hauls, time-lapse kitchen-cleaning videos, bedtime routines—is mundane.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Through time-lapse analysis, researchers identified copper as the essential architect of the self-organizing process.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
In the 1990s, scientists began to develop advanced imaging techniques, such as time-lapse photography, to monitor the development of embryos in the lab from afar.
—Phineas Rueckert, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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