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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Veo's example videos include a cowboy riding a horse, a fast-tracking shot down a suburban street, kebabs roasting on a grill, a time-lapse of a sunflower opening, and more.
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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
Smith had an old cell phone set up to take a time-lapse video of the eclipse.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
McCoy and his colleagues used time-lapse video and a microscope to record the IVF embryos' first cell divisions.
—Gina Jiménez, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
The clip is a time-lapse video showing the steps of decorating the dessert but the full recipe, which is from her 2002 cookbook Barefoot Contessa Family Style, can be found on Garten’s website.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
There’s a time-lapse video of the project on YouTube.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
The professors showed a series of time-lapse satellite images of a receding and flooded shoreline.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
The time-lapse graphic shows what the eclipse will look like from Indianapolis.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
That’s when Herman Miller brought on the American designer Bill Stumpf, who’d worked with medical experts while doing postgraduate research at the University of Wisconsin to conduct studies on ideal sitting posture that incorporated X-rays and time-lapse photography.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
Smith had an old cell phone set up to take a time-lapse video of the eclipse.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
McCoy and his colleagues used time-lapse video and a microscope to record the IVF embryos' first cell divisions.
—Gina Jiménez, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
The clip is a time-lapse video showing the steps of decorating the dessert but the full recipe, which is from her 2002 cookbook Barefoot Contessa Family Style, can be found on Garten’s website.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
There’s a time-lapse video of the project on YouTube.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
The professors showed a series of time-lapse satellite images of a receding and flooded shoreline.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
The time-lapse graphic shows what the eclipse will look like from Indianapolis.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
That’s when Herman Miller brought on the American designer Bill Stumpf, who’d worked with medical experts while doing postgraduate research at the University of Wisconsin to conduct studies on ideal sitting posture that incorporated X-rays and time-lapse photography.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.
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