time-lapse
adjective
: of, relating to, or constituting a motion picture made so that when projected a slow action (such as the opening of a flower bud) appears to be speeded up
Examples of time-lapse in a Sentence
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The professors showed a series of time-lapse satellite images of a receding and flooded shoreline.
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
The time-lapse graphic shows what the eclipse will look like from Indianapolis.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
That’s when Herman Miller brought on the American designer Bill Stumpf, who’d worked with medical experts while doing postgraduate research at the University of Wisconsin to conduct studies on ideal sitting posture that incorporated X-rays and time-lapse photography.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
On Allie’s side of the equation especially, the time-lapse provides information the movie did not.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Deconstruction of the house began in mid-September, according to a time-lapse video of the process posted on Feb. 23 by The Henry Ford.
—Liz Kellar, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
Newer cameras often have built-in intervalometers — sometimes as part of time-lapse functions — or may be controlled remotely via a smartphone.
—Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2024
In 2004, its Spirit and Opportunity rovers took the first time-lapse photos of Phobos during a solar eclipse.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Time-Lapse: Another impressive video feature on the iPhone is the time time-lapse mode, which takes photos at set intervals, and stitches them all together at the end.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
The time-lapse graphic shows what the eclipse will look like from Indianapolis.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
That’s when Herman Miller brought on the American designer Bill Stumpf, who’d worked with medical experts while doing postgraduate research at the University of Wisconsin to conduct studies on ideal sitting posture that incorporated X-rays and time-lapse photography.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
On Allie’s side of the equation especially, the time-lapse provides information the movie did not.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Deconstruction of the house began in mid-September, according to a time-lapse video of the process posted on Feb. 23 by The Henry Ford.
—Liz Kellar, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
Newer cameras often have built-in intervalometers — sometimes as part of time-lapse functions — or may be controlled remotely via a smartphone.
—Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2024
In 2004, its Spirit and Opportunity rovers took the first time-lapse photos of Phobos during a solar eclipse.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Time-Lapse: Another impressive video feature on the iPhone is the time time-lapse mode, which takes photos at set intervals, and stitches them all together at the end.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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