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double exposure

noun

, Photography.
  1. the act of exposing the same film, frame, plate, etc., twice.
  2. the picture resulting from such exposure.


double exposure

noun

  1. the act or process of recording two superimposed images on a photographic medium, usually done intentionally to produce a special effect
  2. the photograph resulting from such an act


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Word History and Origins

Origin of double exposure1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

In 2009 their lives and work became the focus of a Bravo reality show called Double Exposure.

Would a man who had not had the courage to face the danger of one exposure, have the courage to face a double exposure?

He added that anyone of considerable experience could detect the dark background and double exposure in the negative at once.

In photography there are several ways of defrauding; the most usual is by double exposure.

To be more explicit, there are two ways of producing spirit photographs, by double printing and by double exposure.

Double exposure, double printing, and the stop motion are the most common methods of obtaining 212 these marvellous results.

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