time-lapse

[tahym-laps]

adjective

1. done by means of time-lapse photography.

   a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.

Word History and Origins

Origin of time-lapse¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Time-lapse videos from the ALERTCalifornia and UC San Diego show snow brought on by the first major winter storm of 2025 in the Sierra Nevada.

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The Instagram page for Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning posted a time-lapse video of Wilf Elliott drawing his artwork.

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To understand how crucial the reservoir has been, check out this time-lapse mapping of aircraft cycling from Encino to the fire and back.

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In many respects, it was a weird game that — thanks to all the running — glided by with the speed of time-lapse photography.

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To solve the puzzle, the research team used single-cell time-lapse microscopy and mathematical modelling.

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