The process of filming objects moving at very high or very low speeds and then projecting the film at normal speed to reveal motion too fast or slow for the human eye to see.
From Greek chronos (time) + cinematography (cinema + -graphy from graphia, writing/recording). The term combines time and filmmaking to describe capturing motion across extreme time scales.
This is how nature documentarians film hummingbird wings and flowers blooming—by playing with time, cameras can show us a hidden universe of motion invisible to our eyes, and it's the reason those amazing slow-motion videos work!
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