Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than that used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.

Time-Lapse Photography
Time-Lapse Photography
Proliferation kinetics of x-irradiated mouse L cells studied WITH TIME-lapse photography. II.
Time-lapse photography: a novel tool to study normal morphogenesis and the diseased hepatobiliary system in children.
Effect of sugars and flours on cookie spread evaluated by time-lapse photography.
Potential of time-lapse photography of snow for hydrological purposes at the small catchment scale
Snow accumulation distribution inferred from time-lapse photography and simple modelling.
Ethology of sleep studied with time-lapse photography: postural immobility and sleep-cycle phase in humans
IgE-mediated mast cell degranulation and recovery monitored by time-lapse photography.
Feeding rates of abyssal scavenging amphipods ( Eurythenes gryllus ) determined in situ by time-lapse photography