time-lapse
adjective/ˈtaɪm læps/
/ˈtaɪm læps/
[only before noun]- (of photography) using a method in which a series of individual pictures of a process are shown together so that something that really happens very slowly is shown as happening very quickly
- a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTime-lapse is used with these nouns:- photography
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