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• lapse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small error; bad manners ADJECTIVE ▪ minor ▪ major, serious ▪ a serious lapse in judgment ▪ unfortunate ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• time-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)… …   Useful english dictionary

• lapse — [[t]læ̱ps[/t]] lapses, lapsing, lapsed 1) N COUNT: usu adj N, N in n A lapse is a moment or instance of bad behaviour by someone who usually behaves well. On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse. 2) N COUNT: N of …   English dictionary

• time — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measurement of duration Nouns 1. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; fourth dimension; the whole time; era, epoch, age, aeon; time of life; moment, instant, instantaneity,… …   English dictionary for students

• time — /taɪm / (say tuym) noun 1. the system of those relations which any event has to any other as past, present, or future; indefinite continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration regarded as belonging to the… …  

• Time-Lapse — VP The presentation, compressed into a short segment, of events that took place over a long period of time …   Audio and video glossary

• Long Beach Branch —      Long Beach Branch Long Beach Branch train #853 departs Lynbrook, en route to New York Penn Station. Overview …   Wikipedia

• Time-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… …   Wikipedia

• Lapse — (l[a^]ps), n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See {Sleep}.] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; restricted usually to immaterial things, or to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• time lapse — ˈtime lag [time lag time lags] (also lag, ˈtime lapse) noun the period of time between two connected events …   Useful english dictionary

• Long Gone John — (born John Edward Mermis) is an American entrepreneur who is best known for his record label Sympathy for the Record Industry and his vinyl toy company Necessaries Toy Foundation . He has lived in Long Beach, California for 30 years. He has… …   Wikipedia