intervalometern.
/ɪntəvəˈlɒmɪtə/ Photography.
An attachment for a camera that enables photographs to be taken automatically at set intervals.
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self-timer1918
intervalometer1933
1933 Discovery Feb. 60/1 The photographer works out the intervals that he must allow between exposures, so as to secure a 60 per cent. overlap, and sets the required interval on the intervalometer on the remote control.
1971 Amateur Photographer 13 Jan. 51/3 Time-lapse devices known as Intervalometers (repeating timers giving various ranges of delays between 0·2 sec. and 10 min.). With these the camera can be left unattended for indefinite periods (for motion analysis of such things as plant growth, etc.).
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