time-lapse
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of time-lapse
First recorded in 1925–30
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Engineers will later process the flyby images by adjusting brightness and contrast, and they expect to create a time-lapse sequence of the event in the weeks ahead.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
The photography is occasionally dazzling—a standout sequence is a series of time-lapse images providing views of the movements of the stars over Africa—but Mr. Herzog is primarily a storyteller, albeit a digressive one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
To understand how crucial the reservoir has been, check out this time-lapse mapping of aircraft cycling from Encino to the fire and back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, owned by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, recorded a time-lapse of the fireball blazing across the night sky, followed by smaller glowing streaks.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
During his second year in medical school, he rigged a microscope with a time-lapse motion picture camera to capture live cells on film.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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