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multiple-exposure

multiple-exposure is the alternative form of multiple exposure.

Meaning of multiple exposure

Noun

multiple exposure (plural multiple exposures)

  1. A photograph produced by exposing film or some other photosensitive surface to focused light more than one time, usually by opening and closing a camera shutter repeatedly, thereby generating a picture consisting of superimposed images.
    • ECLIPSE IN NEW YORK — this multiple exposure shows stages of the solar eclipse, starting at top left, as seen in New York City Monday afternoon.1972 July 11, "Eclipse in New York (photo caption)," Victoria Advocate (Texas, USA), p. 1 (retrieved 11 Aug. 2011)
  2. The process of producing such a photograph.
    • Mr. Telberg-von-Teleheim's method is that of multiple exposure, either in the camera when taking the picture, or in the enlarger when making the print.1948 September 26, Jacob Deschin, “Two Kinds of Work: Mental ‘Views’ Contrasted With Pictures of Fact”, in New York Times, page X13

Forms of multiple-exposure

pluralmultiple-exposures

Questions about multiple-exposure

What is multiple-exposure the alternative form of?
Multiple-exposure is the alternative form of multiple exposure.

Words near multiple-exposure in the dictionary

  1. multiple units
  2. multiple-aspect
  3. multiple-choice
  4. multiple-choice question
  5. multiple-choice questions
  6. multiple-exposure
  7. multiple-exposures
  8. multiplee
  9. multiplees
  10. multipleness
  11. multiplepoinding

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