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time-lapse

[tahym-laps]
–adjective
done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.

Origin:
1925–30
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time-lapse   (tīm'lāps')
adj.  Of, using, or being a technique that photographs a naturally slow process, such as plant growth, on movie film at intervals, so that continuous projection of the frames gives an accelerated view of the process.
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