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
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Here's a two-hour hover, mercifully compressed into a 30-second time-lapse video that still manages to get boring.
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New Atlas, 8 May 2025
Things accelerate into time-lapse and crawl into slow motion.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
The Mars time-lapse video uses images from Hera’s Asteroid Framing Camera.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
More recently, their videos focus on smartphone apps, including how to shoot time-lapse video, use Google’s photo app, communicate over Zoom, and use WiFi calling if cellular service goes down.
—Ron Hurtibise, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 8 May 2025
Things accelerate into time-lapse and crawl into slow motion.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
The Mars time-lapse video uses images from Hera’s Asteroid Framing Camera.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
More recently, their videos focus on smartphone apps, including how to shoot time-lapse video, use Google’s photo app, communicate over Zoom, and use WiFi calling if cellular service goes down.
—Ron Hurtibise, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for time-lapse
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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