Definition of snapshot. 1: a casual photograph made typically by an amateur with a small handheld camera. 2: an impression or view of something brief or transitory a snapshot of life back then.

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It was assembled from 82 snapshots representing a whopping 16.2 hours of Spitzer observing time.

(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)

It was evidently taken by a snapshot from a small camera.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This method allowed them to capture high-resolution snapshots of receptors in several transitional stages.

(Structural states of a brain receptor revealed, NIH)

These are among the first snapshots from Dawn's second mapping orbit, which is 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above Ceres.

(Bright Spots Shine in Newest Dawn Ceres Images, NASA)

They used time-lapse crystallography to capture snapshots at different time points during assembly.

(Structural Snapshots of Damaged DNA, NIH)

Their valves provided a snapshot of early CAVD that is challenging to capture in humans, showing that it typically begins with the accumulation of certain sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in valve tissue.

(New Hope for Stopping An Understudied Heart Disease in Its Tracks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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A representation of a particular edition or snapshot of a document as it exists at a particular point in time.

(CTCAE Grade 5 Esophagus Leak, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The snapshot of Uranus, like the image of Neptune, reveals a dominant feature: a vast bright stormy cloud cap across the north pole.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

It also provides a snapshot of our galaxy’s history, showing that the Milky Way has had its fair share of galactic fender benders with other galaxies.

(All we are is dust in the interstellar wind, NSF)

The study presents a roadmap for capturing 4-to-10-year snapshots of intermediate-mass black hole activity using both ground- and upcoming space-based detection instruments, including NSF's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

(Observing 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomy, National Science Foundation)