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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Or just pay close attention to the time-lapse footage of emerging cicadas or the cavorting manatees or the Darwin’s rhea, a South American ostrich that happens to be from one of the few species in the documentary that let males raise their kids.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
Images of the faint flickers and big, bright flares around the black hole taken from nine hours of observation by the telescope can be seen in a time-lapse video released by Northwestern University.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The spacecraft commemorated the milestone by snapping some photos, a number of which Firefly stitched into a dramatic, 27-second-long time-lapse video.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
This time-lapse shows floodwater, mud and debris spilling into the Bailey Canyon Debris Basin, located near the Eaton Fire burn scar.
—Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
Images of the faint flickers and big, bright flares around the black hole taken from nine hours of observation by the telescope can be seen in a time-lapse video released by Northwestern University.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The spacecraft commemorated the milestone by snapping some photos, a number of which Firefly stitched into a dramatic, 27-second-long time-lapse video.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
This time-lapse shows floodwater, mud and debris spilling into the Bailey Canyon Debris Basin, located near the Eaton Fire burn scar.
—Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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