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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In another March 4 X post, the company shared a time-lapse video of a 10-minute segment from one the 39 orbits Athena will complete before making its landing attempt.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Other creative ideas include time-lapse sequences showing all of the phases, thus capturing the moon’s dramatic progression through the Earth’s shadow.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Firefly released a time-lapse video Monday from one of Blue Ghost's 12 cameras showing the spacecraft's top deck, with the Moon's cratered terrain unrolling beneath it.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Other creative ideas include time-lapse sequences showing all of the phases, thus capturing the moon’s dramatic progression through the Earth’s shadow.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Firefly released a time-lapse video Monday from one of Blue Ghost's 12 cameras showing the spacecraft's top deck, with the Moon's cratered terrain unrolling beneath it.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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