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temporal consistency
also temporal coherence or video temporal consistency
Definition of temporal consistency
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: the degree to which an AI-generated video preserves coherent identities, object appearance, spatial relationships, lighting, motion, and scene state across frames or shots
- The first frame looked photorealistic, but poor temporal consistency made the actor's face change during the turn.
- The team tested temporal consistency by checking whether the same objects remained in the room after every camera cut.
Two meanings, one word
In everyday English
The quality of remaining logically or visually consistent over time.
In AI
The degree to which an AI-generated video preserves coherent identities, object appearance, spatial relationships, lighting, motion, and scene state across frames or…
Origin & history
Temporal consistency is an older concept in video processing and computer vision. It became a central evaluation goal for generative video systems in the early 2020s, as text-to-video research moved beyond attractive individual frames toward coherent motion and longer sequences.
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"Temporal consistency." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/temporal-consistency/. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.