What is "elapses"

Usage examples of "elapses".

Time elapses more slowly for an individual in motion than it does for a stationary individual.

After all, if time elapses more slowly for an individual in motion than for an individual at rest, then this disparity should apply not just to time as measured by watches but also to time as measured by heartbeats and the decay of body parts.

We have seen in the third chapter that the process of aggregation in leaves subjected for two hours to this gas and then immersed in a solution of the carbonate of ammonia is much retarded, so that a considerable time elapses before the protoplasm in the lower cells of the tentacles becomes aggregated.

Currently the second-thoughts period is the time that elapses between deciding to press a button and actually pressing it.

On the other hand, if a little time elapses, any dangers as to identity will be greatly lessened.

The only thing I can calculate is the amount of time that elapses between a disappearance and the cessation of the phenomenon, and this I can do only approximately.

More than that, the poisoning differs from most poisons in the long time that elapses between the taking of it and the first evidences of its effects.