time-lapse

[ tahym-laps ]

adjective
  1. done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.

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Origin of time-lapse

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use time-lapse in a sentence

  • Erickson was a beloved and valuable figure in the world of science, famous for his recently publicized "time lapse" theory.

    The Day Time Stopped Moving | Bradner Buckner
  • In such wise would May from time to time lapse, and become, as Aletta had put it to herself, “common.”

    Aletta | Bertram Mitford
  • There was still some time lapse from the time you heard the noise like a firecracker and she came up?

    Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Then, after a definite time lapse, the exhaust of Haines' heavy shell appeared.

    The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen Wollheim
  • This person he wished you to let a certain time lapse before the telling by you.

    Honey-Sweet | Edna Turpin