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time-lapse

film technique where the frame rate is lower than that used to view the sequence
Class type of: photography, video recording Q186563

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
cinematic technique, photography genre[4]
Subclass of
photography, video recording
Hashtag
timelapse[6]
Opposite of
high-speed photography[5]
P14541
12OueR[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en timelapse imaging en time-lapse imaging en timelapse en time-lapse en time-lapse videography en timelapse photography en time-lapse photography ar تصوير بالانقضاء الزمني ar تصوير بمرور الوقت ar التصوير بالانقضاء الزمني ar زوال زمني cs časosběr cs Time-lapse cs Časový snímek cs časosběrné video cs časosběrná fotografie cs Timelapse de Zeitrafferaufnahme de Zeitrafferfotografie de time-lapse
🔖 Identifiers · 20
OpenAlex ID
C2992245049
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Northern Lights timelapse.gif ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300053540
Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID
time-lapse-photography
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
29295
Freebase ID
/m/05hlxm
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
time-lapse
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0521724
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1987162
IMDb keyword
time-lapse-photography
Know Your Meme slug
time-lapse-photography
MeSH descriptor ID
D059008
Show all 20 identifiers +8
MeSH tree code
E01.370.350.600.817, E05.712.657, L01.280.960.399
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781122454
Quora topic ID
Time-Lapse-Photography
Reddit topic ID
timelapse_photography
Subreddit
timelapse
UMLS CUI
C2936618
Wellcome Collection concept ID
p3svnd88
Yle topic ID
18-345884

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🔗 Connections
← Fabrication method 4
Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre, Naqoyqatsi
Subclass of 2
photography, video recording
Instance of 1
cinematic technique
Opposite of 1
high-speed photography
Subtypes 1
Hyperlapse
← Has characteristic 1
Koyaanisqatsi
← Opposite of 1
high-speed photography
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Summary

time-lapse is a cinematic technique[1]. time-lapse is a type of photography[2] and video recording[3].

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Koyaanisqatsi

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → cinematic technique, photography genre
    Subclass of → photography, video recording
    Opposite of → high-speed photography
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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