time-lapse photography
1time-lapse photography — the photographing on motion picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, esp. by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed. * * * time lapse photography, the use of… …
2time-lapse photography — time′ lapse photog raphy n. pht the photographing on motion picture film of a slow, continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, esp. by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed • Etymology:… …
3time-lapse photography — /ˌtaɪm læps fəˈtɒgrəfi/ (say .tuym laps fuh togruhfee) noun a method of recording a very slow process by making a large number of photographs on a film strip at regular intervals of time, these to be projected at normal speed, thus representing… …
4time-lapse photography — the photographing on motion picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, esp. by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed. * * * …
5Time-lapse phonography — is the name for an audio signal processing technique developed by R. Luke DuBois for his pieces [http://www.cantaloupemusic.com/CA21020.html Messiah] and [http://lukedubois.com/billboard Billboard] . The core algorithm consists of a highly… …
6time-lapse — adj [only before noun] time lapse photography involves taking many pictures of something over a period of time and then showing them together, so that a very slow process seems to happen much faster …
7time-lapse — time ,lapse adjective time lapse PHOTOGRAPHY uses a series of photographs taken over a period of time to make a slow process seem to happen much faster …
8Time-lapse — [ frame|right|The flower of a geranium opening over a period of about two hours. Consecutive frames are 7 minutes apart.] Time lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will… …
9time-lapse — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the noun time lapse : of, relating to, or constituting a motion picture taken at a speed slower than normal but usually projected at a normal speed so that a slow action (as the opening of a flower bud)… …
10time-lapse — /tuym laps /, adj. done by means of time lapse photography: a time lapse study of the blooming of a flower. [1925 30] * * * …
